Thomas Joseph Applegate was born on April 23, 1914 in Rumson, NJ. At 6’ 9”, 158 lbs., he played soccer for the Dons. He graduated in 1936, and enlisted in the United States Army in February, 1941, and rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant. After his military service, he worked first as a carpenter and then joined the San Francisco Police Department. He was a member of the San Francisco Police Widows and Orphans Association, and a member of the American Legion Police Post 459.
He was inducted into the USF Hall of Fame in 1977.
The USF soccerites will play their first conference game on Saturday morning, October 1, against the strong California squad at Berkeley. Cal, as you all know, was the third strongest contender for the championship last year, USF and Stanford ranking first and second, respectively. Line-Up Coach Frank Zanazzi has not as yet named his first string line-up, but in all probability, the following men will start against the Golden Bears: Goal, Ed Libby; fullbacks, Applegate, Bosello; halfbacks, Bazzano, Wicklow and Arnowitz; forwards, Isola, Gordon, Donoghue, Hughes and Baumeister.
The champions of the Pacific Coast Soccer Conference retained their claim to this title when they defeated the alumni soccer eleven last Sunday by a 4-to-3 score. The varsity soccer team took the offensive attitude from the outset and after five minutes of fast dribbling and criss-cross pass work they scored when Tom Applegate hoisted the oval through the goals (TheFoghorn).
