Billy Gonsalves

Billy Gonsalves is often called the best American player of the first half of the twentieth century. He won the National Challenge Cup eight times with six different clubs between 1930 and 1944 and played in the 1930 and 1934 World Cups. The database holds only a slice of that so far: one spring with the Fall River Marksmen and six games for the national team.

born Aug. 10, 1908 (age 118), Fall River, MA

games
186
starts
6
minutes
540
goals
93

first recorded game July 13, 1930 · last recorded game May 27, 1934

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

Career totals by team

team gp gs min g
Fall River Marksmen 92 — — 59
Boston Wonder Workers 52 — — 16
New Bedford Whalers 24 — — 10
Fall River FC 12 — — 7
United States 6 6 540 1

Career totals by competition

competition gp gs min g
ASL1 180 — — 92
WC 4 4 360 0
IF 1 1 90 1
WCq 1 1 90 0

Goals by season

top flight international 0 5 10 15 20 25 1927-1928, top flight: 6 goals 6 1927-1928 1928-1929, top flight: 10 goals 10 1928-1929 1929 Fall, top flight: 14 goals 14 1929 Fall 1929-1930, top flight: 22 goals 22 1929-1930 1930, international: 1 goal 1 1930 1930 Fall, top flight: 13 goals 13 1930 Fall 1931 Fall, top flight: 10 goals 10 1931 Fall 1931 Spring, top flight: 10 goals 10 1931 Spring 1932 Fall, top flight: 7 goals 7 1932 Fall 0 1932 Spring 0 1934

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp g
Boston Wonder Workers ASL1 1927-1928 20 6
Boston Wonder Workers ASL1 1928-1929 32 10
Fall River Marksmen ASL1 1929 Fall 22 14
Fall River Marksmen ASL1 1929-1930 26 22
Fall River Marksmen ASL1 1930 Fall 27 13
Fall River Marksmen ASL1 1931 Spring 17 10
New Bedford Whalers ASL1 1931 Fall 19 10
New Bedford Whalers ASL1 1932 Spring 5 0
Fall River FC ASL1 1932 Fall 12 7

Season by season, international

team competition season gp gs min g
United States WC 1930 3 3 270 0
United States IF 1930 1 1 90 1
United States WC 1934 1 1 90 0
United States WCq 1934 1 1 90 0

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
WC May 27, 1934 United States   7 - 1 Italy 0 — 90 Stadio Nazionale del PNF
WCq May 24, 1934 United States   2 - 4 Mexico 0 — 90 Stadio Nazionale del PNF
ASL1 May 24, 1931 New York Yankees   3 - 0 Fall River FC 0 — 90 Fall River, MA
ASL1 May 17, 1931 New York Yankees   3 - 2 Brooklyn Wanderers 2 — 90 Hawthorne Field
ASL1 May 16, 1931 New York Yankees   1 - 1 Fall River FC 0 — 90 Starlight Park
ASL1 May 10, 1931 New York Yankees   2 - 3 New York Nationals 0 — 90 Starlight Park
ASL1 May 3, 1931 New York Yankees   3 - 1 Hakoah All-Stars 0 — 90 Starlight Park
ASL1 May 2, 1931 New York Yankees   1 - 0 Newark Americans 0 — 90 Starlight Park
ASL1 April 4, 1931 New York Yankees   1 - 1 New Bedford Whalers 0 — 90 New Bedford, MA
ASL1 March 29, 1931 New York Yankees   3 - 1 Newark Americans 0 — 90 Newark, NJ
game log: 20 of 186 recorded games →

Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Billy Gonsalves
player together share
George Moorhouse 14 70%
Reder 14 70%
Tec White 14 70%
Billy Horner 12 60%
Charlie McGill 12 60%
McPherson 12 60%
Patenaude 12 60%
Scotty Nilsen 9 45%
Gordon Burness 8 40%
Alex McNab 7 35%
Bobby Ballantyne 6 30%
Dinny Doyle 6 30%

The 12 most frequent, of the 20 games Billy Gonsalves has an appearance on record for. Two players count as teammates in a game when both have an appearance in it for the same club, so this is drawn from lineups rather than from rosters — and it is only as complete as the lineups are. Whole leagues here recorded none.

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