Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem Steel was the steelmaker's company team and the dominant American club of the 1910s and 1920s, with five National Challenge Cup wins between 1915 and 1926 and a 1919 tour of Scandinavia. The company shut the team down in 1930 when the Depression cut into steel orders.

founded 1911 Bethlehem, PA dissolved 1930

games
324
wins
192
draws
48
losses
72
honors
3

first recorded game Oct. 7, 1922 · latest recorded game April 27, 1930

Totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

All-time, by competition

competition GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
312 192 48 72 432 703 379 1.38 1.85
ASL1 269 158 44 67 360 662 379 1.34 1.75
ESL 43 34 4 5 72 41 — 1.67 —

Division, year by year

1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1st division8 seasons American Soccer League (1921-1933), 1922-1923American Soccer League (1921-1933), 1923-1924American Soccer League (1921-1933), 1924-1925American Soccer League (1921-1933), 1925-1926American Soccer League (1921-1933), 1926-1927American Soccer League (1921-1933), 1927-1928American Soccer League (1921-1933), 1928-1929American Soccer League (1921-1933), 1929-1930 2nd division2 seasons Eastern Soccer League (1928-1929), 1928-1929 First HalfEastern Soccer League (1928-1929), 1929 Fall
Where Bethlehem Steel sat in the pyramid, 1922 to 1929. A block marks a league season, placed on the year the season began and the division its league is recorded at; select one for that season. An empty column is a year with no league season on record. Cups are left out: a cup has no division.

Points per game, season by season

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 1922-1923: 1.50 points per game in 28 ASL1 games 1922-1923 1923-1924: 1.41 points per game in 27 ASL1 games 1924-1925: 1.43 points per game in 44 ASL1 games 1925-1926: 1.27 points per game in 41 ASL1 games 1925-1926 1926-1927: 1.50 points per game in 44 ASL1 games 1927-1928: 1.41 points per game in 29 ASL1 games 1927-1928: 1.13 points per game in 23 ASL1 games 1927-1928 1928-1929 Second Half: 1.47 points per game in 15 ESL games 1928-1929: 1.00 points per game in 6 ASL1 games 1928-1929 First Half: 1.87 points per game in 15 ESL games 1928-1929 First Half 1929 Fall: 1.69 points per game in 13 ESL games 1929-1930: 0.96 points per game in 27 ASL1 games all-time 1.38
Points per game by season. A league season only, oldest first. Points per game rather than points, because the schedule has run anywhere from 20 games to 34. Points are as the league awarded them, which has not always been three for a win. Select a column for that season; the table below carries every figure.

Season by season

competition season GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
ASL1 1929-1930 27 11 4 12 26 66 54 0.96 1.22
ESL 1929 Fall 13 11 0 2 22 — — 1.69 —
ESL 1928-1929 Second Half 15 9 4 2 22 41 — 1.47 —
ESL 1928-1929 First Half 15 14 0 1 28 — — 1.87 —
ASL1 1928-1929 6 3 0 3 6 12 8 1.00 1.50
ASL1 1927-1928 23 10 6 7 26 43 31 1.13 1.39
ASL1 1927-1928 29 18 5 6 41 70 49 1.41 1.43
ASL1 1926-1927 44 29 8 7 66 114 52 1.50 2.19
ASL1 1925-1926 41 23 6 12 52 115 58 1.27 1.98
ASL1 1924-1925 44 29 5 10 63 127 53 1.43 2.40
ASL1 1923-1924 27 17 4 6 38 59 32 1.41 1.84
ASL1 1922-1923 28 18 6 4 42 56 42 1.50 1.33

Career leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Archie Stark 190
  2. Tom Gillespie 67
  3. Stark 55
  4. Malcolm Goldie 52
  5. Johnny Jaap 43
  6. Johnny Grainger 33
  7. Daniel McNiven 28
  8. George Forrest 25
  9. Johnny Rollo 24
  10. Jim Purvis 21

Appearances

  1. Bill Carnihan 234
  2. Malcolm Goldie 199
  3. Bob McGregor 190
  4. Archie Stark 182
  5. Johnny Rollo 129
  6. Johnny Grainger 126
  7. Whitey McDonald 121
  8. Johnny Jaap 115
  9. Tom Gillespie 104
  10. Dave Ferguson 95

Most recent games — all 324 →

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Goal difference in the 20 results listed below, oldest to newest. Wins rise above zero in green, losses fall below it in red, and a draw is a grey block across the line. Hover over a bar for the result and date; select it for the game.
date competition season team score team venue referee attendance sources
April 27, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 2 - 3 Hakoah All-Stars Commercial Field 3500 2
April 26, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 0 - 2 New Bedford Whalers New Bedford, MA — 2
April 20, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 5 - 2 Brooklyn Wanderers Hawthorne Field — 2
April 13, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 2 - 3 New York Giants (1923-1930) New York, NY — 1
April 5, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 2 - 3 Brooklyn Wanderers Bethlehem, PA — 2
March 29, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 2 - 2 Hakoah All-Stars Bethlehem, PA — 1
March 9, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 0 - 2 New York Nationals Polo Grounds 2000 2
March 8, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 5 - 4 New York Giants (1923-1930) Bethlehem, PA — 2
Jan. 25, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 1 - 2 New York Nationals Bethlehem, PA — 1
Jan. 19, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 5 - 1 Providence Gold Bugs Bethlehem, PA — 1
Jan. 12, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 3 - 4 New York Nationals New York, NY — 1
Jan. 11, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 1 - 1 New York Soccer Club Bethlehem, PA — 1
Jan. 4, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 1 - 0 Bridgeport Hungaria Bethlehem, PA — 1
Jan. 1, 1930 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 1 - 2 Hakoah All-Stars Bethlehem, PA — 1
Dec. 29, 1929 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 4 - 0 Hakoah All-Stars New York, NY — 1
Dec. 28, 1929 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 9 - 2 New York Giants (1923-1930) Bethlehem, PA — 2
Dec. 25, 1929 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 2 - 4 New York Giants (1923-1930) Starlight Park 1500 2
Dec. 21, 1929 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 3 - 1 Brooklyn Wanderers Bethlehem, PA — 2
Dec. 15, 1929 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 3 - 3 Fall River Marksmen Mark's Stadium — 2
Dec. 14, 1929 ASL1 1929-1930 Bethlehem Steel 3 - 2 Pawtucket Rangers Pawtucket, RI — 1