May 14, 1944 – Brooklyn Hispano 4:0 Morgan Strasser, U.S. Open Cup final at Polo Grounds (Att.: 12,000)
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Former U.S. national team teammates Billy Gonsalves (Brooklyn Hispano) and Aldo “Buff” Donelli (Morgan) were matched in the National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) final. Gonsalves, 35, won for the eighth time in his final U.S. Open Cup final. Donelli, 36, “played a great game for the Strassers, but he was not well supported,” his teammates including his brother, Fred Donelli. (The Boston Globe). Buff Donelli also coached the Cleveland Rams of the NFL in 1944 and went on to coach Columbia and Boston University in football.
“Admiral, the Hon. Sir Reginald Plunkett Drax, K.C.B., D.S.O. of the British Royal Navy, presented the national challenge cup to Capt. Frank Fernandez …”
Harvard 4:2 French Navy at Soldiers Field
May 14, 1874 – Harvard 3:0 McGill at Jarvis Field (Law School site) 0x0 next day
May 14, 1892 – New York Thistles 1:4 East End Club of Fall River, American Foot Ball Association series final at Kearney Athletic grounds (Att.: 1,000)
May 14, 1927 – Heidelberg SC 3:0 New Bedford LaFlamme Cobblers, National Amateur Cup final
May 14, 1939 – Fall River St. Michael’s 3:1 Pittsburgh Gallatin SC. U.S. Amateur Cup final at Bigberry Stadium
May 14, 1965 – Hartford 2:8 Nottingham Forest
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