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American soccer player

Frank Wallace
Personal information
Wallace in 1950
Full name	Frank Valicenti/Frank Wallace
Date of birth	(1922-07-15)July 15, 1922
Place of birth	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Date of death	November 13, 1979(1979-11-13) (aged 57)
Place of death	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	St. Louis Wildcats
1945–1946	Raftery
	Steamfitters
	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford
International career
1949–1950	United States	7	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Wallace (born Frank Valicenti; July 15, 1922 – November 13, 1979) was an American international soccer player who played as forward. He earned 7 caps and scored 3 goals for the United States men's national soccer team, and played in the U.S. team's historic 1–0 victory over England in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Wallace was born in St. Louis, Missouri as Frank Valicenti, but his family changed their name when he was a youth. During World War II, he was captured by the Germans and spent sixteen months in a prisoner of war camp. After returning to St. Louis, he played with Raftery during the 1945–1946 season. He was the third leading scorer in the St. Louis Major League during the 1947–1948 season while playing with Steamfitters. He later spent ten seasons with St. Louis Simpkins-Ford.

He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1976 and the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 1975.

He died November 13, 1979, in St. Louis. He is buried at Resurrection Cemetery, Affton, Missouri.

References

"FIFA Player Profile". Fifa.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
Bob Corbett Soccer Career Archived October 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
"The Year in American Soccer – 1948". Sover.net. Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
"Frank Wallace - 1976 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame". Frank Wallace - 1976 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
"St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame". Eteamz.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2010.

External links

National Soccer Hall of Fame profile

v t e United States squad – 1950 FIFA World Cup
GK Borghi GK Gard DF Annis DF Coombes DF Keough DF Maca MF Bahr MF Colombo MF McIlvenny FW Craddock FW DiOrio FW Gaetjens FW Pariani FW E. Souza FW J. Souza FW Wallace FW Wolanin Coach: Jeffrey

v t e Members of the National Soccer Hall of Fame
Players	Agoos Akers Alberto Annis D. Armstrong Auld Bachmeier Bahr Balboa Barr Beardsworth Beasley Beckenbauer Bernabei Bocanegra Bogićević Bookie Borghi Boulos Boxx Brittan D. Brown G. Brown J. Brown Caligiuri Caraffi Carenza Chacurian Chastain Cherundolo Chesney Child Chinaglia Clavijo Colombo Coombes B. Craddock Danilo Davis Dempsey Dick DiOrio Donelli Donovan Dooley Douglas Duggan Dunn Ely Etcheverry Fawcett Ferguson T. Fleming Florie Foudy Fricker Friedel Fryer Gaetjens Gallagher Gardassanich Gentle Getzinger Glover Gonsalves Gormley Govier Granitza Gryzik Hamilton Hamm Harker Harkes Heinrichs Higgins Holiday Ti. Howard Hynes Jaap Jennings-Gabarra Jones Keller Keough Kropfelder Kuntner Lalas Lang Lenarduzzi Lilly Looby Maca MacMillan Markgraf Mausser B. McBride P. McBride McGhee Jo. McGuire McIlvenny McKinney McLaughlin McNab Meola Mieth Milbrett Millar Monsen Jo. Moore J-M. Moore Moorhouse Moreno Morrison Murphy Murray Myernick Nanoski Nelson Nilsen Ntsoelengoe O'Brien Olaff A. Oliver L. Oliver Overbeck Pariani Parlow Patenaude Pearce Pelé Pérez Pope Preki Ramos Ratican Renzulli Reyna Roe Rote Roth Roy Ryan Salcedo Schaller Scurry Slone B. Smith Solo E. Souza J. Souza Spalding Stark E. Stewart Swords Tintle Tracey Trost Vaughn Venturini Vermes Wallace Wambach Weir Willey B. Wilson P. Wilson Windischmann Wolanin A. Wood Wynalda Zerhusen Žungul
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