Thursday, December 14, 2006

Hunt was a quiet pioneer of U.S. soccer

When Lamar Hunt was courting his wife, Norma, they stood on the terraces for a Shamrock Rovers match in Dublin. That trip to Ireland in 1962 also kicked off Hunt's interest in soccer and started him on a path toward becoming the game's most persistent financial backer in the U.S.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=394199&root=us&cc=5901

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