Football at the 1959 Pan American Games

Football – Men's tournament at the III Pan American Games
Venues	Hanson Stadium[1]; Soldier Field[2]
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.

Matches

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

Mexico	6–1	Cuba
Argentina	3–1	Costa Rica
Brazil	9–1	Haiti
Argentina	7–0	Cuba
Costa Rica	0–4	Haiti
United States	5–0	Cuba
Argentina	1–1	Brazil
United States	4–2	Mexico
United States	3–4	Costa Rica
Brazil	6–2	Mexico
Costa Rica	2–1	Cuba
Haiti	4–1	Mexico

August 28, 1959

Haiti	8–2	Cuba
Delicies 8', 14', 52', 68' Delpeche 49', 72' (pen) Pierre 51' Champagne 89'		Angel Piedra 41', 78'

Chicago

August 28, 1959

Argentina	4–1	United States
Basilico 12', ??' Bonanno 44' Oleniak 78' (pen)		Murphy 40'

Chicago

Attendance: 2000

Referee: J. Edzel (Brazil)

August 29, 1959

Brazil	4–2	Costa Rica

Chicago

August 29, 1959

United States	7–2	Haiti
??? ??', ??', ??', ??' Zerhusen 55', 65' Looby 73'		??? ??', ??'

Chicago

August 29, 1959

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

Chicago

August 30, 1959

Costa Rica	1–1	Mexico
??? ??'		Díez 42'

Chicago

August 30, 1959

Brazil	4–0	Cuba

Chicago

August 31, 1959

Brazil	3–5	United States
Gérson 15' Roberto 20' Germano 62'		Murphy 5', 50' Zerhusen 44' Snylyk 63' Speca 67'

Chicago

August 31, 1959

Argentina	1–0	Haiti
Rodríguez 7' (pen)

Chicago

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Argentina 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	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	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

Awards

1959 Pan American Games Winners
Argentina Third title

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.

External links

RSSSF archive

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[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.