Leonard Paul Oliver (November 3, 1933 – July 24, 2022) was an American soccer player who played as a half back in the American Soccer League (ASL), having earlier played college soccer for the Temple Owls. He was a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Early life The younger half of a set of twins, Oliver was born in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1933. His father, Jim, immigrated to the United States from Scotland a decade earlier. Oliver attended Northeast High School in his hometown. He played soccer for the Kensington Blue Bells and Lighthouse Boys Club, winning the 1948 and 1949 U-19 National Championships with the latter. He also played for the Philadelphia Nationals of the American Soccer League (ASL) in 1946–1947, scoring thirteen goals in eighteen games. He attended college at Temple University, playing for the Temple Owls from 1951 to 1954. In 1951, Oliver was selected as a second team All American as Temple claimed to be the national champion. This claim rests on dubious grounds as multiple schools had a legitimate claim to the title in the disorganized state of college soccer at the time. However, the confusion was reduced when in 1953, Oliver was selected as a first team All American and Temple was named the national champion. He was selected for the second year in a row as first team All American in 1954, his senior season, while concurrently serving as captain of the baseball team. Senior amateur and professional career After graduating from Temple in 1955, Oliver began playing as an amateur with Uhrik Truckers in the ASL. The Truckers took the 1955 and 1956 ASL championships, but Oliver broke his leg during the 1955–1956 season. He was then drafted into the U.S. Army in the middle of 1956. Being stationed in Ludlow, Massachusetts, he played half a season with the Ludlow Lusitano, the local ASL team. He was then transferred to San Francisco, where he played for the amateur San Francisco Mercury, an ethnic Russian team. He was subsequently stationed in West Germany and featured on the U.S. Armed Forces all-stars. Following his discharge from the Army in 1959, he briefly returned to the Truckers before signing with Baltimore Pompei. Oliver was a 1960 All Star, but Pompeii folded the following year. He subsequently played for the Central Valet in Washington. He also played for the U.S.