Brian Philley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian soccer player
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Place of Birth: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
About Brian Philley
- Brian Philley (15 August 1926 – 30 August 2002) is a former Canadian soccer player.
- He was a two-time national champion with Vancouver City FC (known as Hale-Co FC in 1956) and Westminster Royals FC (1960).
- He was Canada's starting inside forward or centre forward during FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 1957.
- He is an honoured member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame. In the Pacific Coast League, Philley won five championships with three clubs: three times with Vancouver City (1944-45 St.
- Saviours, 1953–54 City, 1962-63 Canadians), once with St.
- Andrews FC (1949–50), and once with Westminster (1960–61).
- He was a regular all-star selection, representing British Columbia or Vancouver in eight of 14 seasons from 1945-46 to 1958-59.
- He notably scored against Tottenham Hotspur in a 2-0 win in Vancouver on 3 June 1957. Brian was just 16 years old when he made his Pacific Coast league debut on 20 May 1943, coming in as a substitute and scoring once in St.
- Andrews FC's 4-5 loss to St.
- Saviours.
- Across 20 Pacific Coast League seasons, he scored 114 goals, notably finishing as league runner up in 1948-49 (when he scored a career-high 15 goals) and 1949-50 (13 goals).
- Over the course of one decade, he was the Pacific Coast league's joint second-highest scorer in the 1950s with 66 goals. In 1953, he played in a North American championship match on loan with Westminster Royals FC, helping the Canadian club win the Jack Diamond Trophy over the Chicago Falcons.When he retired from soccer he became a referee and a member of the board of directors of the B.C.
- Soccer Association. He was inducted into the B.C.
- Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.
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