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 (USA)
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 (CAN)
Brazil 4–2 Costa Rica
Beyruth  25'
China  33', 78'
Rodrigues  80'		 Report Vargas  68'
Loria  70'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Leo Goldstein (USA)
Argentina 4–1 Mexico
Rodríguez  4', 55'
Basílico  20'
Pérez  29'		 Report Sordo  89'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Harry Norwich (USA)
Costa Rica 1–1 Mexico
Alfaro  40' Report Contreras  87'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Joao Etzel (BRA)
Brazil 4–0 Cuba
Gérson  2', 4'
Rodrigues  55'
Beyruth 		Report
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Nils Dahlquist (USA)
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 (CAN)
Argentina 1–0 Haiti
Rodríguez  7' (pen.) Report
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Leo Goldstein (USA)
Costa Rica 1–0 Argentina
Acuña  21' Report Bolaños  12' (o.g.)
Migone  61'
Basilico  83'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Nils Dahlquist (USA)
Mexico 6–1 Cuba
Díez  7', 46', 54'
Mercado  64' (pen.)
Álvarez  74'
Contreras  80'		 Report Álvarez  75'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Raymond Morgan (CAN)
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 (USA)
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 (CAN)
Mexico 2–6 Brazil
Mercado  65' (pen.)
Carranza  79'		 Report China  20', 40', 70'
Gérson  48', 52', 86'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: John Best (USA)
Costa Rica 0–4 Haiti
Report Fenol  24'
Champagne  59'
Delpeche  67'
Pierre  76'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Nils Dahlquist (USA)
Cuba 0–7 Argentina
Report Basílico  1', 52', 82'
Bonnano  14', 38'
Stork  83'
Oleniak  66'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Leo Goldstein (USA)
Brazil 1–1 Argentina
China  38' Report Bonnano  83'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Raymond Morgan (CAN)
United States 4–2 Mexico
Murphy  7', 87'
Looby  23'
Zerhusen  72'		 Report Meza  16'
Contreras  89'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Joao Etzel (BRA)
Cuba 1–2 Costa Rica
González  15' Report Alfaro  49'
Gómez  83'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: Nils Dahlquist (USA)
Mexico 1–4 Haiti
Mercado  83' Report Delices  13'
Champagne  17'
Delpeche  40', 75'
Hanson Park, Chicago
Referee: John Best (USA)
 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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