Harry Keough had a photographic memory.
The one-time U.S. international could tell you pretty much everything about every single soccer game he played in. He knew who scored first, what color socks the opponent was wearing, the weather, even the minute statistical details.
But he wasn’t actually a soccer player - not full time, at least. Keough was a postman who played the game part-time. On June 29, 1950, he and his U.S. teammates shocked the best team in the world, beating England in the World Cup in what was an unfathomable upset. And in truth, he felt bad about it.
“It's funny,” Keough’s son Ty told GOAL. “He had mentioned to me and my sisters more than once that he said he almost felt sorry for the English players, because he knew what they would have to face up to when they got back.”
