Pat Philley

Canadian soccer player

Pat Philley
Personal information
Full name	H. Patrick Philley
Date of birth	(1929-04-24)April 24, 1929
Place of birth	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of death	November 22, 2019(2019-11-22) (aged 90)
Place of death	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Position(s)	centre half
1953–54	Vancouver City / Hale-Co
1956–57	Westminster Royals FC
1958	Vancouver St. Andrews FC
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957	Canada	3	(0)

Pat Philley (24 April 1929 – 22 November 2019) was a Canadian soccer player. He was a national champion with Vancouver City FC in 1950. He was Canada's starting centre half and captain during three matches in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 1957.^[1] He is an honoured member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame.^[2]

In the Pacific Coast League, Philley won two championships, the first with Vancouver City FC in 1953–54 and the second with Westminster Royals FC in 1956. He was a regular all-star selection, representing British Columbia or Vancouver in six of nine seasons from 1948–49 to 1956–57. He was part of the BC All-Stars team that won 2–0 over Tottenham Hotspur in Vancouver on 3 June 1957.

In 2014, Pat Philley was inducted into the Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame.

Personal

Pat's brother Brian Philley also played in the Pacific Coast League and was likewise honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame. While the two brothers often played for different teams, they were both part of Vancouver City's 1953–54 championship team. The brothers also played together for Vancouver St. Andrews FC in 1958,^[3] on several provincial all-star teams, and for Canada in 1956 and 1957.

Honours

Club

Vancouver City FC

Canada Soccer Championship for The Challenge Trophy: 1950
Pacific Coast League: 1953–54

Westminster Royals FC

Pacific Coast League: 1956

References

^ "Home".
^ "Homer Patrick (Pat) Philley". Kearney Funeral Services. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ "The Vancouver Sun - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

External links

Pat Philley at the Canadian Soccer Association / Canada Soccer Hall of Fame
Canada Soccer Hall of Fame
Canada Soccer Records & Results

Canada Soccer Hall of Fame

Based in Ottawa, Ontario

Hall of Fame

Players (144)

Modern Players (Men's National Team)	Bernier Brennan Bridge Bunbury Catliff Corazzin Dasovic De Rosario deVos Dolan Forrest Gray Hastings Hooper Limniatis McKenna Miller Mitchell Mobilio Moore Onstad Peschisolido Radzinski Ragan Samuel Segota Stalteri Sweeney Valentine Watson Yallop
Modern Players (Women's National Team)	S. Brand Burtini Cant Caron Chapman Chin Baker David Donnelly Franko Gayle Helland Hermus Hooper Kelly Lang LeBlanc Lemieux McEachern Mongrain Morneau Moscato Muir Neil Ring Ross Serwetnyk Simon Stoumbos Timko Baxter Walsh Wilkinson
Past Players (Post WW2)	Ambler Arends Ayre Bak Blundell Bolitho J. Brand Cairns M. Castonguay P. Castonguay R. Castonguay Chursky Cowan Crossan Douglas Ellett Gill Greig Harvey Hughes Iarusci Ion Johnson Kodelja R. Lenarduzzi S. Lenarduzzi Lettieri Marcantonio Matheson McGrane N. McLeod W. McLeod D. McMahon Newbold Parsons Pears B. Philley P. Philley Phillips Robinson Schepers B. Smith Spencer A. Stevens G. Stevens Stewart Stojanović Stothard Vazzoler Whent Whittaker B. Wilson Nicholl (NIR)
Past Players (Pre WW2)	G. Anderson (1900) Bowman Campbell Clulow Coulter Derby Dierden Edmunds Findler Fitzpatrick Graham Halliwell Harley Lavery MacLaine Manson Matthews Moir Nelson A. Smith Stobbart Thombs W. Thomson Turner Wakelyn Woutersz Chedgzoy (ENG) Kennaway (SCO) McDonald (NIR)