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Nicholas Kropfelder
1996 Inductee
Attacker
A
1946, 1949, 1950, 1951
ASL Champion
1949, 1951, 1952
Lewis Cup Champion
Home States
Maryland
Forward who was one of the stars of the Philadelphia Nationals teams that won the American Soccer League title three times in four years between 1949 and 1952. Kropfelder had won an ASL title in 1946 with Baltimore Americans and then was one of several players who moved to Philadelphia after the Baltimore team folded in 1948. In addition to his ASL titles, he won the Lewis Cup with Philadelphia Nationals three times and reached the U.S. Open Cup final in 1949 and 1952. Inducted in 1996.