Larry Surock

Larry Surock
Personal information
Full name	Lawrence Carmen Surock
Date of birth	November 9, 1930
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Date of death	September 26, 2007 (aged 76)
Place of death	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Forward
College career
Years	Team
1952–1953	University of Baltimore
Senior career*
Years	Team
1954–1957	Baltimore Rockets
1958–	Pompei S.C.
International career
1952	United States
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lawrence Carmen Surock (November 9, 1930 – September 26, 2007) was an American soccer player who was a member of the United States 1952 Olympic Soccer Team.^[1]

Surock graduated from Patterson High School where he was a four-time All Metro soccer player. In 1949, he was a member of the New York Giants baseball farm team in 1949. Surock attended the University of Baltimore where he was a 1952 All American. That year, he was called into the U.S. Olympic team for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.^[2] In 1954, Surock turned professional with the Baltimore Rockets of the American Soccer League. He continued to attend night school to complete his degree and also served in the Korean War. In 1957, the Rockets were renamed Baltimore Pompeii. In 1958, Pompeii lost in overtime to the Los Angeles Kickers in the championship game of the 1958 National Challenge Cup. In 1960, Pompeii withdrew from the ASL and continued as an amateur club.

In 1991, Surock was inducted into the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame.^[3] In 2004, he was made a member of the University of Baltimore Athletic Hall of Fame.^[4]

References

^ "Larry Surock". Olympedia. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
^ Litterer, Dave (March 24, 2005). "The Year in American Soccer – 1952". Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
^ "Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame". Old Timers Soccer Association of Maryland. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
^ Kercheval, Nancy (April 30, 2004). "U of Baltimore remembers its athletes, coaches who excelled". The Baltimore Daily Record. Retrieved January 17, 2008.