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Lawrence Briggs

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Lawrence Briggs
Personal information
Full name Lawrence E. Briggs
Date of birth June 23, 1903
Date of death December 1970 (aged 67)[1]
Place of death Boston, Massachusetts
Managerial career
Years Team
1930–1967 UMass Minutemen

Lawrence E. Briggs (June 23, 1903 - December 1970)[2] was an American soccer coach who is best known for being the first men's soccer coach for the UMass Minutemen soccer program. Additionally, Briggs is known for being a founder of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and served as their president in 1947. He was also a founding member of the now-defunct New England Intercollegiate Soccer League which served as a foundation for modern college soccer in the United States.

Briggs was enshrined in the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1978.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "LAWRENCE E. BRIGGS".
  2. ^ "Lawrence Briggs". Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  3. ^ "Lawrence Briggs". Society for American Soccer History. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Hall of Famers". U.S. Soccer. USSoccer.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.