of Jeffrey's 1950 U.S. team, Walter Bahr became the coach at Penn State from 1974-1988. His assistant, Barry Gorman, would later succeed him as head coach, keeping the Penn State job through the 2009 season. In 2021, the connection to Jeffrey continues with Coach Gorman’s youth player, Fraser Kershaw, who took the head coaching job at Penn State Altoona. The coaching connection reached four separate generations of soccer, reaching a 100-year continual coaching succession. National team Bahr was selected to the U.S. national team in 1949 and appeared in 19 games, with one goal. In the 1950 FIFA World Cup, the U.S. upset the English team 1–0, with the goal scored by Joe Gaetjens off a pass by Bahr. The entire team was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1976. Bahr was featured in the 2009 soccer documentary A Time for Champions discussing the U.S. upset victory over England in the 1950 World Cup. Bahr was portrayed by Wes Bentley in the 2005 movie The Game of Their Lives, which has been distributed in DVD under the title "Miracle Match." Personal life Bahr's three sons, Casey, Chris and Matt, played professional soccer in the original North American Soccer League. Casey and Chris also played for the U.S. Olympic team, while Chris and Matt became placekickers for the NFL and won Super Bowl titles. The last living member of the 1950 U.S. World Cup team, Bahr died on June 18, 2018, in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, from complications related to a broken hip. See also List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians References External links Lopez, Tobias, Walter Bahr remembers, February 22, 2004 Cirino, Antonio (Tony) US Soccer Vs The World, Damon Press 1983 – 1927 births 2018 deaths National Soccer Hall of Fame members Olympic soccer players of the United States Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics 1950 FIFA World Cup players United States men's international soccer players Lighthouse Boys Club players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Philadelphia Nationals players Uhrik Truckers players American soccer coaches American soccer players American Soccer League (1933–1983) coaches Philadelphia Spartans coaches Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer coaches Temple Owls men's soccer coaches Soccer players from Philadelphia Association football defenders