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»

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

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'
Hanson Field, Macomb
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

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

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

10 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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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