Paterson F.C. (NAFBL)

Paterson FC
Full namePaterson Football Club
Founded1917?
Dissolved1923 (1923) (continued as New York Giants F.C.)
GroundPaterson, New Jersey
OwnerAdolph Buslik
LeagueASL
1922–23Champions

Paterson F.C. was an early twentieth-century American soccer club based in Paterson, New Jersey. It spent three seasons in the National Association Football League, winning one title, and one season in the American Soccer League.

History

In 1917, Paterson joined the National Association Football League, winning the 1917–18 championship. When several teams from the NAFBL left the league in 1921 to form the American Soccer League, Paterson did not join them.

A year later, Adolph Buslik, a wealthy New York fur merchant, purchased the club and the former Falco F.C. franchise in the American Soccer League.[1]

The club entered the league for the 1922–23 season. That same season Paterson also won the 1922–23 National Challenge Cup defeating St. Louis Scullin Steel in the final.[2]

Following that season, Buslik moved the franchise to New York and renamed it the National Giants Football Club.[3]

Year-by-year

The Paterson team that won the 1923 Dewar Cup
Season Div. LeagueNational cups
Assoc.Position Challenge CupAmerican Cup
1917–18 1 NAFBL Champion Quarterfinals Second Round
1918–19 1 NAFBL 3rd Runner Up Runner Up
1919–20 1 NAFBL 4th ? Quarterfinals
1920–21 1 NAFBL Withdrew Third round Third round
1922–23 1 ASL 5th Champion Semifinals

Coaches

  • John Ford (1919–23)

See also

References

  1. ↑ ""P" in Paterson Stands for Pep: Buslik Claims". Daily News. New York City. September 17, 1922. p. 44.
  2. ↑ ANOTHER SOCCER TITLE COMES TO THE CITY OF BETHLEHEM. Bethlehem Steel on Saturday Won American Cup from Paterson, at Philadelphia. at The Globe - Bethlehem. Monday, April 28, 1919 - page one (published at bethlehemsteelsoccer.org, archived)
  3. ↑ Cahill, Thomas W., ed. (1923). Spalding's Official "Soccer" Football Guide 1923-24. Spalding's "Red Cover" Series of Athletic Handbooks, No. 55R. New York: American Sports Publishing Company. p. 94.
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