Football at the 1959 Pan American Games

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 III Pan American Games
VenuesHanson Stadium[1]
Soldier Field[2]
Dates28 August – 6 September
Medalists
  Argentina
  Brazil
  United States
«1955
1963»

Final table
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Argentina 116510204+16
 Brazil 964112711+16
 United States 864022515+10
 Haiti 663031920−1
 Costa Rica 562131016−6
 Mexico 361141320−7
 Cuba 06006432−28

Matches
Haiti 8–2 Cuba
Delices 8', 14', 52', 68'
Delpeche 49', 72' (pen.)
Pierre 51'
Champagne 89'		 Report Piedra 41', 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
Champagne 		Report 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 5', 50'
Zerhusen 44'
Snylyk 63'
Speca 67'		 Report Gérson 15'
Roberto 20'
Germano 62'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)
Argentina 1–0 Haiti
Rodríguez 7' (pen.) Report
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Leo Goldstein (United States)
Costa Rica 1–0 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
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

Antônio Benedicto Françoso
Dary Batista de Oliveira
Décio Randazzo Teixeira
Edílson Rodrigues Vieira
Edmar Japiassú Maia
Edson Luiz de Carvalho
Elson Iazegi Beyruth
Gérson
Hércules Corrêa Torres
Hilton Cabral de Almeida
Humberto Martins Barbosa
José Germano de Sales
José Maria da Silva
José Ribamar Celestino
José Ricardo da Silva
Manoel José Dias
Manuel Martins da Souza
Nélson Purchio
Ouraci Francisco das Chagas
Roberto Rodrigues Passos
Jorge Caetano Rubens
Villadonega Souza Rodrigues
Newton Cardoso (HC)

  United States

Victor Ottobini
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

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

8 goals

7 goals

  • Miguel A. Basílico
  • Gérard Delpeche
  • Ed Murphy

6 goals

  • Bill Looby

5 goals

4 goals

Source: RSSSF

References
  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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