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Elmer Schroeder
1951 Inductee
1928 - 1937
Manager of the U.S. National Team
1933 - 1934
President of the USFA
1927 - 1933
Vice President of the USFA
1939 - 1942
President of the ASL
1933, 1934
National Amateur Cup Winner
1935
ASL Championship Winner
1936
U.S. Open Cup Winner
Home States
Pennsylvania
The first American-born president of the United States Football Association. Schroeder, who was president of the USFA in 1933 and 1934, was manager of the United States teams at the 1928 Olympic Games, the 1934 World Cup and the 1936 Olympic Games. He was manager of the Philadelphia German-Americans team from 1932 to 1937, including its American Soccer League title in 1935 and U.S. Open Cup victory in 1936. President of the ASL from 1939 to 1942. Inducted in 1951.