Charles Altemose

American soccer player

Charlie Altmose
Personal information
Full name	Charles William Altemose, Jr.
Date of birth	(1913-06-03)June 3, 1913
Date of death	January 26, 1995(1995-01-26) (aged 81)
Place of death	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935–	Philadelphia German-Americans
	Brooklyn Hispano
–1947	Philadelphia Nationals
International career
1936	United States	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charlie "Chili" Altemose^[1] (June 3, 1913 – January 26, 1995, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) was a U.S. soccer player who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1936 Summer Olympics.^[2] He also played twelve seasons in the American Soccer League.

Altemose grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where his father died in 1924.^[3] In 1935, he joined the Philadelphia German-Americans of the American Soccer League. In 1936, Altemose and his teammates won the 1936 National Challenge Cup.^[4] He later played for Brooklyn Hispano and finished his career with the Philadelphia Nationals in 1947.^[5] In 1936, he was selected for the U.S. team at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Altemose and his teammates played one game, a 1-0 loss to Italy.^[6]

References

^ "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Charles Altemose". Olympedia. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
^ Bethlehem Steel Memorial
^ USA - List of US Open Cup Finals
^ The Year in American Soccer – 1945
^ FIFA Player Profile