Football at the 1959 Pan American Games

Football – Men's tournament at the III Pan American Games
Football – Men's tournament at the III Pan American Games
Venues	Hanson Stadium; Soldier Field
Dates	28 August – 6 September
Medalists
	Argentina
	Brazil
	United States
	«1955 1963»

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]

Final table[]

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[]

28 August

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)

28 August

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)

29 August

United States	7–2	Haiti
Zerhusen Looby Grabowski Champagne	Report	Delpeche (pen.)

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Raymond Morgan (CAN)

29 August

Brazil	4–2	Costa Rica
Beyruth 25' China 33', 78' Rodrigues 80'	Report	Vargas 68' Loria 70'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Leo Goldstein (USA)

29 August

Argentina	4–1	Mexico
Rodríguez 4', 55' Basílico 20' Pérez 29'	Report	Sordo 89'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Harry Norwich (USA)

30 August

Costa Rica	1–1	Mexico
Alfaro 40'	Report	Contreras 87'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Joao Etzel (BRA)

30 August

Brazil	4–0	Cuba
Gérson 2', 4' Rodrigues 55' Beyruth	Report

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Nils Dahlquist (USA)

31 August

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)

31 August

Argentina	1–0	Haiti
Rodríguez 7' (pen.)	Report

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Leo Goldstein (USA)

1 September

Costa Rica	1–0	Argentina
Acuña 21'	Report	Bolaños 12' (o.g.) Migone 61' Basilico 83'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Nils Dahlquist (USA)

1 September

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)

2 September

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)

2 September

United States	5–0	Cuba
Zerhusen 1', 19' Looby 2', 50' Murphy 48'	Report

Hanson Park, Chicago

3 September

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)

3 September

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)

4 September

Costa Rica	0–4	Haiti
	Report	Fenol 24' Champagne 59' Delpeche 67' Pierre 76'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Nils Dahlquist (USA)

4 September

Cuba	0–7	Argentina
	Report	Basílico 1', 52', 82' Bonnano 14', 38' Stork 83' Oleniak 66'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Leo Goldstein (USA)

5 September

Brazil	1–1	Argentina
China 38'	Report	Bonnano 83'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Raymond Morgan (CAN)

Team details

Brazil

Argentina


GK	Borracha
DF	Nelson
DF	Edilson
MF	Rubens
MF	Maranhão
MF	Dari
FW	Rodrigues
FW	Martins	46'
FW	Souza
FW	China
FW	Gérson
Substitutes:
FW	Beyruth	46'
Manager:
Newton Cardoso


GK	Carlos Saldías
DF	Domingo Lejona
DF	Ricardo Vázquez
DF	Roberto Blanco
DF	Pedro de Ciancio
MF	Héctor Scardulla
MF	Juan Raúl Stork	a'
MF	Roberto Bonnano
FW	Domingo Rodríguez	b'
FW	Miguel Ángel Basílico
FW	Raúl A. Pérez
Substitutes:
FW	Alberto Corradini	a'
FW	Juan Carlos Oleniak	b'
Manager:
Ernesto Duchini

5 September

United States	4–2	Mexico
Murphy 7', 87' Looby 23' Zerhusen 72'	Report	Meza 16' Contreras 89'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Joao Etzel (BRA)

6 September

Cuba	1–2	Costa Rica
González 15'	Report	Alfaro 49' Gómez 83'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Nils Dahlquist (USA)

6 September

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

Al Zerhusen

7 goals

Miguel A. Basílico
Gérard Delpeche
Ed Murphy

6 goals

Bill Looby

5 goals

George Delices
Gérson

4 goals

Germano
Germain Champagne

Source: RSSSF

References[]

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

[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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