Harry Ratican
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harry Jay Ratican | ||
| Date of birth | January 20, 1894 | ||
| Place of birth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | ||
| Date of death | August 22, 1964 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St. Louis University | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1911–1916 | Ben Millers | ||
| 1916–1919 | Bethlehem Steel | ||
| 1920–1921 | Robins Dry Dock | ||
| 1921 | → Todd Shipyards | 7 | (2) |
| 1921 | Fall River United | ||
| 1922 | Harrison | 3 | (1) |
| 1922 | Fall River Marksmen | 0 | (0) |
| 1923 | Ben Millers | ||
| 1923 | New York Giants | 1 | (0) |
| 1925–1927 | Ratican’s | ? | (10) |
| 1927–1928 | → Tablers | ? | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1922–1927 | West Point | ||
| 1923 | Scullin Steel (assistant) | ||
| 1925–1926 | St. Louis Pants Store | ||
| – | Ratican’s | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Harry Jay Ratican (January 20, 1894 in St. Louis, Missouri – August 22, 1964 in St. Louis, Missouri) was a U.S. soccer forward, coach and team owner. He began and ended his career in the St. Louis Soccer League with several years in both the National Association Football League and American Soccer League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Ratican, the younger brother of Peter Ratican, grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, attending the Christian Brothers College High School and St. Louis University. In 1911, Ratican began his career with Ben Millers in the St. Louis Soccer League.
In 1916, he left St. Louis to sign with Bethlehem Steel in the National Association Football League (NAFBL). In December, he returned to St. Louis when Bethlehem played two games, one against a St. Louis All Star team, the second against Ratican’s old team, Ben Millers. Bethlehem lost 3-1 to the All Star team, with Ratican scoring the lone Bethlehem goal. They then tied Ben Millers 2-2 with Ratican again scoring Bethlehem’s first goal of the game. During the 1917–18 season, he and team mate Tommy Fleming led the league in scoring. In April, they both had twenty goals each, but records do not show how many they had at the end of the season. In 1918, Bethlehem won the National Challenge Cup, Ratican scoring in the final, and again in 1919 with Ratican again scoring in the final. However, Ratican was out much of the 1918–19 season will an unknown illness.
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