{{more references needed|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Use American English|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Uhrik Truckers | image = | image_size = | fullname = Uhrik Truckers Soccer Club | nickname = ''Truckers'' | founded = 1933 | dissolved= {{end date and age|1966}} | ground = Lighthouse Field <br> Northeast High School Field | capacity = | owntitle = <!--optional, default: Owner --> | owner = Anthony M. Uhrik | chrtitle = <!--optional, default: Chairman, set equal to President, Chairperson, Chair or any appropriate title --> | chairman = | mgrtitle = <!--optional, default: Manager --> | manager = | coach = | league = ASL | season = | position = | American = true | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = _collar | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = _whitesides | pattern_so1 = _whitestripe | leftarm1 = ffffff | body1 = ffffff | rightarm1 = ffffff | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = 000000 }}
'''Philadelphia German-American''' was an American soccer club based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that was an inaugural member of the professional American Soccer League.
Before the 1941–42 season the club became known as the '''Philadelphia Americans'''. During the 1953–54 season, the franchise was bought by trucking magnate Anthony M. Uhrik, owner of the "A.M. Uhrik, Inc." and renamed the '''Uhrik Truckers'''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Duffin scores again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/192916289/ |access-date=8 March 2026 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=14 December 1953 |pages=19}}</ref> Many of the team players worked in the Uhrik truck company serving as drivers or at the loading docks.<ref name=aths>"Philadelphia Uhrik Truckers" at [https://www.aths.org/ American Truck Historical Society]</ref>
Home games were played at Lighthouse Field and Northeast High School Field.<ref name=aths/>
The team earned a "mini-double" in 1955 winning the league championship and league cup (the Lewis Cup). The club also won the National Amateur Cup in 1933 and 1934 and the Lewis Cup in 1941, 1943 and 1958.
==Year-by-year== {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan=2| Season ! rowspan=2| Div. ! colspan=3| League || rowspan=2| National cup |- ! Assoc. || Reg. season || Playoffs |- |1933–34 |''N/A'' |ASL |8th | – {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} |''did not participate'' |- |1934–35 |''N/A'' |ASL |bgcolor=#ccffcc| 1st |bgcolor=gold|Champion {{refn|No playoffs held, championship decided on points during regular season.|group=n|name=noplay}} |''did not participate'' |- |1935–36 |''N/A'' |ASL |4th |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} |bgcolor=gold| Champion |- |1936–37 |''N/A'' |ASL |3rd |''did not qualify'' | ''did not participate'' |- |1937–38 | ''N/A'' | ASL | bgcolor=#ccffcc| 1st | Semifinals | ''did not participate'' |- |1938–39 |''N/A'' |ASL |2nd, American |Final |Semifinals |- |1939–40 |''N/A'' |ASL |6th |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | Quarterfinals |- |1940–41 |''N/A'' |ASL |2nd |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | ''did not participate'' |- |1941–42 |''N/A'' |ASL | bgcolor=#ccffcc| 1st | bgcolor=gold| Champion {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | Semifinals |- |1942–43 |''N/A'' |ASL |3rd |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | Semifinals |- |1943–44 |''N/A'' |ASL |bgcolor=#ccffcc|1st |bgcolor=gold|Champion {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | Round of 16 |- |1944–45 |''N/A'' |ASL |2nd |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | Quarterfinals |- |1945–46 |''N/A'' |ASL |8th |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | Semifinals |- |1946–47 |''N/A'' |ASL |bgcolor=#ccffcc|1st |bgcolor=gold|Champion {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | Quarterfinals |- |1947–48 |''N/A'' |ASL |bgcolor=#ccffcc|1st |bgcolor=gold|Champion {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | Quarterfinals |- |1948–49 |''N/A'' |ASL |6th |''did not qualify'' | ''did not participate'' |- |1949–50 |''N/A'' |ASL |6th |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | ''did not participate'' |- |1950–51 |''N/A'' |ASL |6th |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | ''did not participate'' |- |1951–52 |''N/A'' |ASL |bgcolor=#ccffcc|1st |bgcolor=gold|Champion {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | ''did not participate'' |- |1952–53 |''N/A'' |ASL |3rd |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | ''did not participate'' |- |1953–54 |''N/A'' |ASL |8th |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | Quarterfinals |- |1954–55 |''N/A'' |ASL |bgcolor=#ccffcc|1st |bgcolor=gold|Champion {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | Semifinals |- |1955–56 |''N/A'' |ASL |bgcolor=#ccffcc|1st |bgcolor=gold|Champion {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | Quarterfinals |- |1956–57 |''N/A'' |ASL |2nd |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | ''did not participate'' |- |1957–58 |''N/A'' |ASL |7th |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} |? |- |1958–59 |''N/A'' |ASL |3rd |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} |? |- |1959–60 |''N/A'' |ASL |10th |– {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} |? |- |1960–61 |''N/A'' |ASL |10th | – {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} |? |- |1961–62 |''N/A'' |ASL |9th | – {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} |? |- |1962–63 |''N/A'' |ASL |8th | – {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | ''did not participate'' |- |1963–64 |''N/A'' |ASL |7th | – {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | ''did not participate'' |- |1964–65 |''N/A'' |ASL |5th | – {{refn|group=n|name=noplay}} | ''did not participate'' |}
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==Coaches== * Jimmy Mills 1956-
==References== {{Reflist}}
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