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Emil Schillinger
1960 Inductee
1941
ASL Lewis Cup Winner
1935, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1953
ASL Championship Title Winner
1936
U.S. Open Cup Winner
Home States
Pennsylvania
A founder, manager and president of the Philadelphia Americans team of the American Soccer League. Schillinger, who took over as manager in 1938, when the team was still called the German-Americans, led the team to American Soccer League titles in 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948 and 1953. He had been business manager of the team when it won the ASL title in 1935 and the U.S. Open Cup in 1936. Schillinger was president of the ASL from 1942 to 1945. Inducted in 1960.