[1] At some point, he came to the United States and joined Fore River of the Southern New England Soccer League (SNESL).
He scored a goal in Fore River's loss to Ben Millers in the 1920 National Challenge Cup.
[3] In 1924, Kershaw scored the season's first goal for the Shawsheen Indians in the semi-professional National League, which had replaced the SNESL.
However, Kershaw is not listed on the Indians' roster when they won the 1925 National Challenge Cup.
In 1927, Harvard University hired Kershaw as the soccer team's head coach.