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Rudy Kuntner
Personal information
Rudy Kuntner in 1928
Full name	Rudolph F. Kuntner
Date of birth	(1908-10-06)October 6, 1908
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	December 16, 1982(1982-12-16) (aged 74)
Place of death	Rego Park, New York, United States
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1927–1928	New York Giants	5	(3)
1928–1929	New York Hungaria	?	(8)
1929	New York Vienna
1930	Bridgeport Hungaria	9	(2)
1930–1932	New York Giants
1932–	New York Americans
	Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic
	Brookhattan
International career
1928	United States	2	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rudy Kuntner (June 10, 1908 – December 16, 1982) was an American-Austrian soccer forward who was a member of the U.S. team at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He is also known as a long time stage manager for the Metropolitan Opera and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Youth

Kuntner immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was seven. His family settled in the New York City area where he began playing soccer. However, he was an all around athlete and played baseball, football, basketball and tennis at Gorton High School in Yonkers, New York.

Professional soccer

Kuntner signed with the New York Giants of the American Soccer League during the 1927–1928 season. He played five games, all in the second half of the season, scoring three goals. In 1928, he moved to the New York Hungaria in the short lived Eastern Soccer League. After the collapse of the ESL in 1929, Kuntner moved to First Vienna (also known as Wiener Sports Club and New York Vienna F.C.) of the German American Soccer League. In 1930, he was back in the ASL with Bridgeport Hungaria, but the team moved to Newark after ten games, then folded. He then moved to the New York Giants of the American Soccer League (ASL). The Giants folded in 1932 and Kuntner moved to New York Americans of the second ASL. In 1937, the Americans fell in the National Challenge Cup final to St. Louis Shamrocks. In 1939, he was playing with Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic when it won the National Cup final over Chicago Manhattan Beer. Kuntner was still going strong in the 1942–1943 season when he scored nine goals in seventeen games with Brookhattan. In 1945, he was still active with Brookhattan when it won the triple, the league title, Lewis Cup (league cup) and National Challenge Cup.

National and Olympic teams

Kuntner earned two caps with the U.S. national team in 1928. At the time, the Olympic soccer games counted as full internationals and his first cap with the national team came in the 1928 Summer Olympics. That game, an 11–2 loss to Argentina saw Kuntner score in his debut with the national team. Following the tournament, the team traveled to Poland where it tied the Poland national team 3–3. Kuntner again scored, joining a handful of U.S. players who scored in their first two international games. Despite his scoring success, Kuntner was never again called up for the national team.

Metropolitan Opera

In addition to his success on the soccer field, Kuntner found great success as a stage hand at the Metropolitan Opera. He began as an electrician, but over the years moved into areas of greater responsibility including lighting and stage management. According to the Soccer Hall of Fame profile, he "received wide acclaim for his role in the staging of Tristan and Isolde in 1971."

In 1963, Kuntner was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

References

"Rudy Kuntner". Olympedia. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921–1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4. ().
U.S. Open Cup at RSSSF
The Official Site of U.S. Soccer – Men's National Team
"Rudy Kuntner - 1963 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame". Rudy Kuntner - 1963 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 19, 2023.

External links

National Soccer Hall of Fame bio

v t e United States soccer squad – 1928 Summer Olympics
GK Cooper GK Kane DF Duffy DF Lyons DF Smith MF Aitken MF Cronin MF Gallagher MF Rudge FW Carroll FW Deal FW Findlay FW Kuntner FW Littley FW Murphy FW Ryan Coach: Burford

v t e Members of the National Soccer Hall of Fame
Players	Agoos Akers Alberto Annis D. Armstrong Auld Bachmeier Bahr Balboa Barr Beardsworth Beasley Beckenbauer Bernabei Bocanegra Bogićević Bookie Borghi Boulos Boxx Brittan D. Brown G. Brown J. Brown Caligiuri Caraffi Carenza Chacurian Chastain Cherundolo Chesney Child Chinaglia Clavijo Colombo Coombes B. Craddock Danilo Davis Dempsey Dick DiOrio Donelli Donovan Dooley Douglas Duggan Dunn Ely Etcheverry Fawcett Ferguson T. Fleming Florie Foudy Fricker Friedel Fryer Gaetjens Gallagher Gardassanich Gentle Getzinger Glover Gonsalves Gormley Govier Granitza Gryzik Hamilton Hamm Harker Harkes Heinrichs Higgins Holiday Ti. Howard Hynes Jaap Jennings-Gabarra Jones Keller Keough Kropfelder Kuntner Lalas Lang Lenarduzzi Lilly Looby Maca MacMillan Markgraf Mausser B. McBride P. McBride McGhee Jo. McGuire McIlvenny McKinney McLaughlin McNab Meola Mieth Milbrett Millar Monsen Jo. Moore J-M. Moore Moorhouse Moreno Morrison Murphy Murray Myernick Nanoski Nelson Nilsen Ntsoelengoe O'Brien Olaff A. Oliver L. Oliver Overbeck Pariani Parlow Patenaude Pearce Pelé Pérez Pope Preki Ramos Ratican Renzulli Reyna Roe Rote Roth Roy Ryan Salcedo Schaller Scurry Slone B. Smith Solo E. Souza J. Souza Spalding Stark E. Stewart Swords Tintle Tracey Trost Vaughn Venturini Vermes Wallace Wambach Weir Willey B. Wilson P. Wilson Windischmann Wolanin A. Wood Wynalda Zerhusen Žungul
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