Researching John Souza
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 24 people with the Souza surname? In that year Souza was ranked number 3555 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Souza on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Souza and the Souza Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 130 people with the Souza surname in the UK? Souza is now ranked number 3920 for popularity in the UK. |
Souza Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Souza surname in the USA? Souza is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called John Souza
John Souza
John Souza-Benavides (July 12, 1920 – March 11, 2012) known as John "Clarkie" Souza, was an American soccer player who earned 14 caps and scored 2 goals for the United States men's national soccer team, and played in the U.S. team's historic 1–0 victory over England in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He was selected for a World Cup All-Star team by the Brazilian sports newspaper Mundo Esportivo, and remained the only American player ever selected to a World Cup All-Star team until Claudio Reyna in 2002. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and died in Dover, Pennsylvania.
Souza is sometimes credited as having scored two goals in the tournament but modern sources indicate he scored neither; Gino Pariani scored against Spain and Frank Wallace scored their first goal against Chile.
Souza was a member of the Fall River Ponta Delgada team that won the National Challenge Cup in 1947, as well as the National Amateur Cup for three consecutive years, from 1946 to 1948. In 1951, he transferred to the New York German-Hungarians and proceeded to again win both the National Challenge Cup and the National Amateur Cup that year. Souza was a member of the U.S. team for both the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, and played for the U.S. against Scotland at Hampden Park in 1952.
He was a World War II veteran, having served in the Navy as a Morse code operator on a supply ship in the South Pacific. He is buried with his wife Anita at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Massachusetts.
He was not related to his teammate Ed Souza.
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