Frank Borghi was an American soccer player who earned nine caps at goalkeeper for the national team.
13 Facts About Frank Borghi
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Frank Borghi chose the position of goalkeeper because he felt he lacked the necessary ball skills to play any other position.
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Frank Borghi played professionally for St Louis Simpkins-Ford and helped them win the National Challenge Cup in 1948 and 1950.
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Frank Borghi was selected to the US national team in 1949 and played in four World Cup qualifying matches as well as all three games in the 1950 World Cup.
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Frank Borghi appeared for the US in 1954 World Cup qualifying against Mexico.
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Frank Borghi was inducted into the United States National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1976 along with the rest of his 1950 teammates.
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Frank Borghi was raised in The Hill neighborhood of St Louis, Missouri.
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Frank Borghi served as a medic in World War II in a US infantry unit that fought at the Battle of the Bulge and in the crossing of the Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen in March 1945.
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Frank Borghi was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
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Frank Borghi retired from soccer to become a director of a funeral home in St Louis until 2003.
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Frank Borghi was portrayed by Gerard Butler in the film The Game of Their Lives.
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Frank Borghi was featured in the 2009 soccer documentary A Time for Champions discussing the US upset victory over England in the 1950 World Cup.
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Frank Borghi was featured in the documentary Voices of the Veterans discussing his service as a medic in the United States Army during World War II.