Otto Decker

Otto Decker (born 19 September 1930) is a German-American former soccer player who earned one cap, scoring two goals, with the U.S. national team in 1953.

Otto Decker
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-09-19) 19 September 1930
Place of birth Germany
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1950 Wycombe Wanderers
1952–1954 Brooklyn Hakoah
International career
1953 United States MNT 1 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Youth

Decker and his brother Rolf were born in Germany, but grew up in England. In March 1939, their parents, Ilse and Hans, sent the two boys to England as part of the kindertransport at the outset of the Holocaust.[1]

Decker attended the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, England, from 1948 to 1950 after transferring from Wycombe Technical Institute in 1948. While at RGS, he played both soccer and cricket, as the wicket keeper.[2]

National team

Decker earned his lone cap as a first-half substitute in the only U.S. game of 1953, a 6–3 loss to England. He came on after 30 minutes and scored in the 59th and 67th minutes.

He represented the U.S. as a halfback in soccer at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[3]

References
  1. Fathers and Sons, Part I of II: Kindertransport
  2. "Letters to the Editor". www.rgshw.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  3. "U.S. Soccer Squad Named For 7th Maccabiah Games". timesmachine.nytimes.com.


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