Bob Burkard

Bob Burkard

Personal information
Full name	Robert Leland Burkard
Date of birth	(1922-03-23)March 23, 1922
Place of birth	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Date of death	May 13, 1992(1992-05-13) (aged 70)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	St. Louis Kutis
International career
1952–1957	United States	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bob Burkard (March 23, 1922 – May 13, 1992)^[1] was an American soccer goalkeeper who earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1957. He was also the United States goalkeeper at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Burkard was selected to the United States Olympic team at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The United States lost its first game, 8–0, to Italy, eliminated the U.S. from the games.^[3] He earned one cap with the United States national team in a July 6, 1957 loss to Canada in a World Cup qualification game.^[4]

At the time of the Olympics he played for St. Louis Kutis S.C. and was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986.^[5]

References

1. Bob Burkard's SSDI profile
2. "Bob Burkard". Olympedia. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
3. Football Tournament 1952 Olympiad
4. USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 Archived January 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
5. "St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2008.