An electrical contact (14) is disclosed for use in an electrical connector (10) to be surface mounted to a printed circuit board (24). The contact (14) includes an inverted U-shaped portion defining a pair of depending legs (26,28). One of the legs (26) has a foot portion (30) for electrical connection to an appropriate circuit trace on the printed circuit board (24). A terminal portion (34) is turned upwardly from a distal end of the other leg (28) for termination with an appropriate mating terminal (42). The contact (14) is in the form of a one-piece metal component. In the preferred embodiment, the terminal portion (34) of the contact is in the form of a terminal pin, with the pin and the legs (26,28) of the inverted U-shaped portion of the contact all being generally parallel.
