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Paul Klein
1953 Inductee
1947, 1948, 1949
German-American League Championship Title Winner
1949
New Jersey State Challenge Cup Winner
1949
National Amateur Cup
Home States
New Jersey
Manager of the Elizabeth SC team that won a series of honors in the late 1940s, including the National Amateur Cup in 1949, the New Jersey State Challenge Cup in 1949 and the German-American League championship in 1947, 1948 and 1949. Klein, who was born in Egypt and moved to America from Germany in 1923, had taken over as manager of the team in 1941 after a playing career with several New Jersey clubs. Inducted in 1953.