Career
Looby played forward both professionally and for the United States. national team In the fall of 1949, he played for Dohle"s of the Saint Louis Major League. In January 1950, the team was briefly renamed Selby"s before becoming Lenneman"s as the team"s sponsorship changed.
In April 1950, Looby signed with Zenthoefer Furs in the Saint Louis Municipal League.
After that victory, Tom Kutis, owner of the Kutis Funeral Home, began to sponsor the team Looby played the next 2 seasons with the Grapette Soccer team,rejoining the team, now known as Saint Louis Kutis in 1954 where he played until 1970.
In 1954, he led the Municipal League in scoring. Looby played in Kutis’ six consecutive National Amateur Cup championships (1956–1961).
He also scored goals in both games of the 1957 National Challenge Cup championship over New York Hakoah.
In 1958, the United States. Soccer Football Association used the Kutis team as the United States. national team in two world cup qualifying games against Canada. Another memorable event for Looby as a Kutis team member took place on May 5, 1955 when Kutis defeated 1. Football Club Nuremberg, 3-2. The Nuremberg team featured four players from the 1954 West German World Cup championship team
In 1956, he played for the United States. Olympic team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
He also played in several games in the United States team"s tour of the Orient leading up to the Olympic games in Australia. Looby earned eight caps with the senior national team, scoring six goals.
He earned his first cap and scored his first goal for the United States in a 1954 World Cup qualifier against Mexico. He played his last game with the national team in 1959.
He scored six goals in that tournament.
Looby was inducted into the Saint Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 1984 and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001.