George Barr

At the start of the 1935-36 season he moved to new York Brookhattan and in 1936 he went back to Scotland and had a trial with Hearts but later returned to the U.S. to play for Brookhattan again. He remained with Brookhattan from the time he returned from Scotland through to the end of the 1946-47 season and captained the Brookhattan team that won the U.S. Open Cup, the ASL championship and the Lewis Cup in the 1944-1945 season, however an injury kept him out of the Open Cup Final. Before the start of the 1947-48 season he moved to Brooklyn Hispano for three years. During all of this time George played against numerous touring teams both for his club and for ASL All Star teams. Most notable amongst these were the games in 1939 for the Eastern United States and the ASL All Star teams which opposed the touring Scottish Football Association team. In 1941 George played in the first two indoor tournaments held in the old Madison Square Garden since the late 1920s. The first event was a debacle as the terrazzo surface proved to be so slippery for the fast game, but for the second tournament packed dirt was substituted and the games were well received by the 12,000 fans. During the years of the Second World War he was shipped off to the Southwest Pacific Theatre of Operations where he eventually captained the U. S. Army team during World War II in games played in Brisbane and Sydney, Australia. Off the soccer field he worked for J.C. Penney for 39 years. After retirement, coached the Syosset Police Boys Club in the Long Island Junior League.