Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	November 16–23, 1904
Teams	3
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (CAN) (1st title)
Runners-up	United States (USA)
Third place	United States (USA)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	13 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alexander Hall Thomas Taylor (3 goals each)
← 1900 (1906) 1908 → 4 matches played includes 1 replay

Men's association football (soccer) was contested at the 1904 Summer Olympics. A total of three club teams competed, two representing the United States, both from host city St. Louis, and one representing Canada, from Galt (now Cambridge), Ontario.^[1] Originally two other Canadian teams had also been scheduled for the competition, Berlin Rangers and the University of Toronto, but both withdrew before the competition.^[2]

The 1904 Olympic Games were spread over several months, linked to the St. Louis World's Fair, and football, in November, was the last sport to be contested. The tournament was played as a straight round-robin, although the game between Christian Brothers College and St. Rose Parish was replayed due to a draw in their first game.^[3]

Gold medals were awarded at these Olympics for the first time. Galt F.C. (Canada) won the gold medal, Christian Brothers College (United States) the silver, and St. Rose Parish (United States) the bronze. These results are the best that either Canada or the United States have achieved in men's Olympic football. The 1904 contest is considered to be an official contest by IOC,^[4] although not by FIFA because no national teams were involved in the competition.^[2]

Competition schedule[]

The match schedule of the tournament.^[5]

Legend

RR

Round-robin

R

Replay

Wed 16	Thu 17	Fri 18	Sat 19	Sun 20	Mon 21	Tue 22	Wed 23
RR	RR			RR			R

Venue[]

Squads[]

Matches[]

Galt F.C. had little difficulty with either of the U.S. squads, defeating them both without conceding a goal. The U.S. teams played a scoreless draw before Christian Brothers College won a rematch against St. Rose Parish, 2–0.

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Team details
GK Frank Frost RB George Cooke LB Henry Jameson RH Joseph Brady CH Edward Dierkes LH Martin Dooling OR Cormic Cosgrove IR Leo O'Connell CF Claude Jameson IL Harry Tate OL Thomas Cooke GK Ernest Linton RB George Ducker LB John Gourlay (c) RH Robert Lane CH Albert Johnston LH Otto Christman OR Thomas Taylor IR Frederick Steep CF Alexander Hall IL Albert Henderson OL William Twaits

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Final ranking[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Galt F.C.	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	4
2	Christian Brothers College	2	1	0	1	2	7	–5	2
3	St. Rose Parish	2	0	0	2	0	6	–6	0

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

According to a report in the Toronto Mail and Empire newspaper of November 18, 1904, medals were awarded to the players in St. Louis. The report states that "Immediately after the game, the Galt aggregation, numbering about 50 persons, retired to the office of James E. Sullivan, chief of the Department of Physical Culture, where they received their prize. After a talk by Mr. James A. Conlon, of the Physical Culture Department, Mayor Mundy, of the City of Galt, presented each player on the winning team with a beautiful gold medal." The medal awarded to Fred Steep of Galt, held by The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum in Vaughan, Ontario, clearly shows that the medals were made in St. Louis, Missouri.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
2	United States (USA)	0	1	1	2
Totals (2 nations)		1	1	1	3

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	Canada (CAN) Galt F.C. Otto Christman George Ducker John Fraser John Gourlay Alexander Hall Albert Henderson Albert Johnston Robert Lane Ernest Linton Gordon McDonald Frederick Steep Tom Taylor William Twaits	United States (USA) Christian Brothers College Charles Bartliff Warren Brittingham Oscar Brockmeyer Alexander Cudmore Charles January John January Thomas January Raymond Lawler Joseph Lydon Louis Menges Peter Ratican	United States (USA) St. Rose Parish Joseph Brady George Cooke Thomas Cooke Cormic Cosgrove Edward Dierkes Martin Dooling Frank Frost Claude Jameson Henry Jameson Johnson Leo O'Connell Harry Tate

References[]

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