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 Jackie arrived in the
United States at the age of 13 and has lived on Staten Island ever since.
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Personal Information |
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Class of 1977 |
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Born: 1920 -
Lochgelly, Scotland |
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Position:
Outside Right |
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Int'l
Caps: 4 |
Int'l
Goals: 0 |
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Shortly after arriving he enrolled in the borough Curtis High School
where he played for four years and captained the team for two years.
While still in school, he was playing for Brooklyn St. Mary Celtic of the
American Soccer league and traveled with the club to Chicago. There he
played as a substitute in the U.S. Open Cup Final of 1938 finishing on
the losing side as Chicago Sparta claimed the cup. Later that same year
he moved on to play for Swedish F.C. in the National League. Three years
later he was selected to play for a National League All-Star team which made
a three week tour of Haiti. In that same year Hynes signed with the New York
Americans of the American Soccer League. In 1943 he joined the U.S. Army and
was seriously injured in the legs during the famous Battle of the Bulge and
it was thought that he would never play again. But he fought back and when
the influx of foreign touring teams into the U.S. began following the war he
was a regular member of the ASL all-star teams. In 1949 he was selected to
the United States national team to play in the World Cup qualifying
competition in Mexico against Mexico and Cuba. He played in all four games
and the U.S. qualified for the finals in Brazil the following year. However,
he did not make that teams thanks to reports he made to a reporter while in
Mexico. At the end of the 1952 ASL season, Jack terminated a 12 year
association with the New York Americans and signed with New York
Brookhattan, but after just one season moved on to play for Hakoah where in
1956, he was voted the ASL Most Valuable Player. In 1957 Hakoah won the ASL
championship, and in 1958 Hynes returned to Brookhattan where he was runner
up in the goal scoring race and also for the MVP award. In 1960 he moved to
another ASL team named Colombo who also won the ASL championship but when
the season was over was required to have a fifth operation on his injured
knees and that led to his retirement. However, he did not quit the sport and
turned to refereeing high school and college games and also to coaching at
the high school level. Off the field he was a New York City fireman from
1947 to 1975.
U.S. National Team
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