Background
He was born in Galston, Scotland
Gould grew up playing soccer in Scotland before moving to the United States in 1891.
He was born in Galston, Scotland
Gould grew up playing soccer in Scotland before moving to the United States in 1891.
He was eighteen at the time. When he arrived, he began playing with Philadelphia Athletic of the Pennsylvania League. While Gould’s Hall of Fame profile notes he played for Philadelphia Phillies in the American League of Association Football, it has been asserted that no records exist to substantiate this claim.
This confusion probably arises from how Gould"s name was spelled in contemporary newspaper accounts.
Foreign example, in a game in which Gould played for the John A. Manz team in December, 1895, accounts in the Philadelphia Inquirer spell his name as "Gold" while accounts in The New York Times spell his name as "Gould" A Gold did play for the Phillies against Boston on October 20, 1894 at left wing and scored a goal in that game Unfortunately, no first initial is provided in the press account in order to be certain as to whether this Gold is David Gould. In 1911, Gould became the assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania.
He coached the freshman team until ill health led to his replacement by fellow Hall of Fame member Jimmy Mills in 1938. Each year the University of Pennsylvania recognizes its top men’s soccer player with the Gould trophy.
As the United States. was late in applying for the cup, it needed to play Mexico in a qualification game in Rome.
In addition to his playing and coaching career, Gould also served as a referee for several decades. A December 13, 1917 Boston Globe article states, “Speaking of referees one of the veteran Philadelphia magnate says that he was of the opinion that the referees of today do not compare to those seven or eight years ago, when such well known officials as Philip Bishop, Edward Waldern, James Danby and David Gould held the indicators.” On October 30, 1926, he was a linesman for the United States.-Canada international game. Gould served as the president of both the s" Examining Board and the s" Association.
He coached the United States. national team at the 1934 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.