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Giorgio Piscopo
1978 Inductee
1937
Founder of the Italian-American Soccer League of New York
1954 - 1961
President of the Italian-American Soccer League of New York
Home States
New York
A founder of the Italian-American Soccer League of New York in 1937 and later a founder of the Brooklyn Italians team. Piscopo, who was born in New York but grew up in Italy before moving back to the United States in 1928 at the age of 16, was president of the Italian-American Soccer League of New York from 1954 to 1961. A player for the Waverly and Giuliana clubs. Inducted in 1978.