Bob Burkard
Personal information
Full name Robert Leland Burkard
Date of birth (1922-03-23)March 23, 1922
Place of birth St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Date of death May 13, 1992(1992-05-13) (aged 70)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
St. Louis Kutis
International career
1952–1957 United States 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bob Burkard (March 23, 1922 – May 13, 1992)[1] was an American soccer goalkeeper who earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1957. He was also the United States goalkeeper at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]

Burkard was selected to the United States Olympic team at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The United States lost its first game, 8-0, to Italy, eliminated the U.S. from the games.[3] He earned one cap with the United States national team in a July 6, 1957 loss to Canada in a World Cup qualification game.[4]

At the time of the Olympics he played for St. Louis Kutis S.C. and was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Bob Burkard's SSDI profile
  2. ↑ "Bob Burkard". Olympedia. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ Football Tournament 1952 Olympiad
  4. ↑ USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 Archived January 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2008.


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