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 Played soccer in his native Italy starting
at the age of ten before coming to the United States.
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Personal Information |
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Class of 1979 |
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Born:
February 17, 1920 - Patti Messina, Italy |
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n 1949, he organized the Jersey City soccer team
and the Jersey City parks team and participated in the New Jersey State
League Championships as a player and manager and acted as a New Jersey
referee. A member of the New Jersey State Soccer Association and a delegate
to the USSFA conventions in Baltimore, Detroit and New York. DeLuca was instrumental in
organizing the Italian American Soccer League of New York and
helped form the Italian American Soccer League of New Jersey
in 1959-60. He worked as a sports correspondent for Il
Progresso, an Italian daily newspaper serving the metropolitan
New York area, he also wrote a book, in Italian, titled
"Soccer in the USA" which was published in 1962. For
his contributions to the sport, the Italian government honored
him with the title "Cavaliere dell'Ordine al Merito della
Republica".
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