Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | October 26, 1929 | ||
Date of death | October 12, 1999 | (aged 69)||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1950, 1952–1955 | Syracuse University |
Siegbert M. Wirth (October 26, 1929 – October 12, 1999)[1] was a U.S. soccer player who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2] He played his college soccer at Syracuse University in 1950 and then again from 1952 to 1955.[3] Following his graduation from Syracuse, he entered the U.S. military. While he was a member of the Olympic soccer team, he did not enter a game during the tournament. In 1990, he took over as head coach of the Mynderse Academy Varsity Boys Soccer Team where he took a team that won 2 games the previous season to the league championship. He coached Mynderse for the next 6 years.