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Football at the 1959 Pan American Games

Summary

Football at the 1959 Pan American Games was held in Chicago, Illinois, from August 28 to September 6, 1959. Seven teams competed in a round-robin competition with Cuba, Haiti and the hosts (United States) competing in their first Pan American Games football tournament. Argentina defended the gold medal they had won at the previous games finishing with 11 points from a possible 12 points while Brazil and the United States claimed silver and bronze respectively.[3]

Football – Men's tournament at the I959 Pan American Games
VenuesHanson Stadium[1]
Soldier Field[2]
Dates28 August – 6 September
Medalists
Gold medal  Argentina
Silver medal  Brazil
Bronze medal  United States
«1955
1963»

Final table edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Argentina 11 6 5 1 0 20 4 +16
  Brazil 9 6 4 1 1 27 11 +16
  United States 8 6 4 0 2 25 15 +10
  Haiti 6 6 3 0 3 19 20 −1
  Costa Rica 5 6 2 1 3 10 16 −6
  Mexico 3 6 1 1 4 13 20 −7
  Cuba 0 6 0 0 6 4 32 −28

Matches edit

Haiti  8–2  Cuba
Delices   8', 14', 52', 68'
Delpeche   49', 72' (pen.)
Pierre   51'
Champagne   89'		 Report Piedra   41'
Doce   78'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Nils Dahlquist (United States)
United States  1–4  Argentina
Murphy   40' Report Basílico   12', 65'
Bonanno   44'
Oleniak   78' (pen.)
Hanson Park, Chicago
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J. Edzel (Brazil)
United States  7–2  Haiti
Zerhusen        
Looby    
Grabowski  		 Report Champagne  
Delpeche   (pen.)
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)
Brazil  4–2  Costa Rica
Beyruth   25'
China   33', 78'
Rodrigues   80'		 Report Vargas   68'
Loria   70'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Leo Goldstein (United States)
Argentina  4–1  Mexico
Rodríguez   4', 55'
Basílico   20'
Pérez   29'		 Report Sordo   89'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Harry Norwich (United States)
Costa Rica  1–1  Mexico
Alfaro   40' Report Contreras   87'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Joao Etzel (Brazil)
Brazil  4–0  Cuba
Gérson   2', 4'
Rodrigues   55'
Beyruth  		 Report
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Nils Dahlquist (United States)
United States  5–3  Brazil
Murphy   4', 49', 54'
Zerhusen   44', 78'		 Report Gérson   15'
Roberto   20'
Germano   62'
Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)
Argentina  1–0  Haiti
Rodríguez   7' (pen.) Report
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Leo Goldstein (United States)
Costa Rica  1–3  Argentina
Acuña   21' Report Bolaños   12' (o.g.)
Migone   61'
Basilico   83'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Nils Dahlquist (United States)
Mexico  6–1  Cuba
Díez   7', 46', 54'
Mercado   64' (pen.)
Álvarez   74'
Contreras   80'		 Report Álvarez   75'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)
Haiti  1–9  Brazil
Delpeche   77' Report Germano   2', 52', 64'
China   18', 44', 54', 63'
Roberto   57'
Maranhão   69'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Nils Dahlquist (United States)
United States  5–0  Cuba
Zerhusen   1', 19'
Looby   2', 50'
Murphy   48'		 Report
Hanson Park, Chicago
Costa Rica  4–3  United States
Bolaños   10' (pen.)
Speca   25' (o.g.)
Herrera   39', 42'		 Report Murphy   4'
Looby   26'
Zerhusen   78'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)
Mexico  2–6  Brazil
Mercado   65' (pen.)
Carranza   79'		 Report China   20', 40', 70'
Gérson   48', 52', 86'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: John Best (United States)
Costa Rica  0–4  Haiti
Report Fenol   24'
Champagne   59'
Delpeche   67'
Pierre   76'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Nils Dahlquist (United States)
Cuba  0–7  Argentina
Report Basílico   1', 52', 82'
Bonnano   14', 38'
Stork   83'
Oleniak   66'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Leo Goldstein (United States)
Brazil  1–1  Argentina
China   38' Report Bonnano   83'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)
United States  4–2  Mexico
Murphy   7', 87'
Looby   23'
Zerhusen   72'		 Report Meza   16'
Contreras   89'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Joao Etzel (Brazil)
Cuba  1–2  Costa Rica
González   15' Report Alfaro   49'
Gómez   83'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Nils Dahlquist (United States)
Mexico  1–4  Haiti
Mercado   83' Report Delices   13'
Champagne   17'
Delpeche   40', 75'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: John Best (United States)


 1959 Pan American Games winners 
 
Argentina
Third title

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament   Argentina [4]

Miguel Basílico
Roberto Blanco
Roberto Bonnano
Alberto Corradini
Pedro de Ciancio
José Díaz
Domingo Lejona
Dardo Migoni
Juan Carlos Oleniak
Raúl Adolfo Pérez
Héctor Readigós
Domingo Rodríguez
Carlos Saldías
Héctor Scardulla
Antonio Spilinga
Osmar Stelman
Juan Stork
José Vázquez
Miguel Villafañe
Ernesto Duchini (HC)

   Brazil

Françoso
Dary
Décio
Edílson
Edmar
Edson Borracha
Beyruth
Gérson
Hércules
Hilton
Humberto
Germano
Zé Maria
Maranhão
China
Carlos Alberto
Manuel
Nélson
Ouraci
Roberto Rodrigues
Rubens
Villadonega
Newton Cardoso (HC)

  United States

Victor Ottoboni
Jacob Ruscheinski
Willy Schaller
Joe Speca
John Peter Traina
Herman Wecke
Alex Ely
Val Pelizzaro
Zenon Snylyk
George Brown
Rolf Ganger
Gene Grabowski
P. Kulischenko
Bill Looby
Ron Maierhofer
Ed Murphy
Jim Strachrowsky
Al Zerhusen
James Reed (HC)

Goalscorers edit

There were 115 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 5.48 goals per match.

10 goals

8 goals

7 goals

  •   Miguel Basílico
  •   Gérard Delpeche

6 goals

5 goals

  •   George Delices

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: RSSSF

References edit

  1. ^ "05/09/1959 – Brasil 1 x 1 Argentina". jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "29/08/1959 – Brasil 4 x 2 Costa Rica". jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Panamerican Games 1959 (Chicago) by various historians at the RSSSF
  4. ^ Historial de participaciones de la Selección Argentina en los Juegos Panamericanos on AFA.org, 26 Jul 2019

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