Harry Joseph Keough (November 15, 1927 – February 7, 2012) was an American soccer defender who played on the United States national team in their 1–0 upset of England at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
[1] As a youth he played several sports, including track, swimming, and fast-pitch softball, particularly excelling at soccer.
His soccer career began in 1945 as a member of the "St. Louis Schumachers", who won the 1946 National Junior Challenge Cup.
The next year the team came under the sponsorship of McMahon Pontiac and which played in the lower division St. Louis Municipal League.
The Raiders won both the league and National Amateur Cup championships in 1952, giving Keough his first “double”.
This was the second time the NAFC had held a regional championship, but this one served as the qualification tournament for the World Cup as well.
At the World Cup, Keough served as team captain for the game against Spain "because he spoke Spanish."
In January 2004, Keough and the four other living members of the 1950 World Cup Team (Walter Bahr, Frank Borghi, Gino Pariani and John Souza) were recognized as Honorary All-Americans by the NSCAA at its annual convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In 1994, the book "The Game of Their Lives", was published, covering the 1950 U.S. World Cup Team's 1 - 0 victory in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, versus the highly favored English team, and in 2005 the movie was released (on DVD under the name "Miracle Match").
[11] Keough was featured in the 2009 soccer documentary A Time for Champions discussing the U.S. upset victory over England in the 1950 World Cup and his coaching career at St. Louis University.