Football at the 1959 Pan American Games

International sporting event

Football – Men's tournament at the I959 Pan American Games

Venues| Hanson Stadium[1]
Soldier Field[2]
Dates| 28 August – 6 September
Medalists
|  |  Argentina

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|  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]

## Participans

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* Argentina
* Brazil
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Haiti
* Mexico
* United States

## Final table

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Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD

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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

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28 August

Haiti | 8–2|  Cuba

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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)

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28 August

United States | 1–4|  Argentina

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Murphy 40' | Report | Basílico  12', 65'
Bonanno 44'
Oleniak 78' (pen.)

Hanson Park, Chicago

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: J. Edzel (Brazil)

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29 August

United States | 7–2|  Haiti

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Zerhusen
Looby
Grabowski  | Report | Champagne
Delpeche  (pen.)

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)

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29 August

Brazil | 4–2|  Costa Rica

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Beyruth  25'
China 33', 78'
Rodrigues  80' | Report | Vargas  68'
Loria  70'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Leo Goldstein (United States)

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29 August

Argentina | 4–1|  Mexico

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Rodríguez 4', 55'
Basílico  20'
Pérez 29' | Report | Sordo  89'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Harry Norwich (United States)

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30 August

Costa Rica | 1–1|  Mexico

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Alfaro  40' | Report | Contreras  87'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Joao Etzel (Brazil)

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30 August

Brazil | 4–0|  Cuba

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Gérson 2', 4'
Rodrigues  55'
Beyruth  | Report |

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Nils Dahlquist (United States)

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31 August

United States | 5–3|  Brazil

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Murphy 4', 49', 54'
Zerhusen 44', 78' | Report | Gérson 15'
Roberto 20'
Germano 62'

Hanson Field, Macomb

Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)

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31 August

Argentina | 1–0|  Haiti

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Rodríguez 7' (pen.) | Report |

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Leo Goldstein (United States)

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1 September

Costa Rica | 1–3|  Argentina

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Acuña  21' | Report | Bolaños  12' (o.g.)
Migone  61'
Basilico  83'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Nils Dahlquist (United States)

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1 September

Mexico | 6–1|  Cuba

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Díez  7', 46', 54'
Mercado  64' (pen.)
Álvarez  74'
Contreras  80' | Report | Álvarez  75'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)

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2 September

Haiti | 1–9|  Brazil

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Delpeche  77' | Report | Germano 2', 52', 64'
China 18', 44', 54', 63'
Roberto 57'
Maranhão 69'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Nils Dahlquist (United States)

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2 September

United States | 5–0|  Cuba

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Zerhusen  1', 19'
Looby  2', 50'
Murphy 48' | Report |

Hanson Park, Chicago

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3 September

Costa Rica | 4–3|  United States

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Bolaños  10' (pen.)
Speca  25' (o.g.)
Herrera  39', 42' | Report | Murphy 4'
Looby  26'
Zerhusen  78'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)

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3 September

Mexico | 2–6|  Brazil

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Mercado  65' (pen.)
Carranza  79' | Report | China 20', 40', 70'
Gérson 48', 52', 86'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: John Best (United States)

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4 September

Costa Rica | 0–4|  Haiti

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| Report | Fenol  24'
Champagne  59'
Delpeche  67'
Pierre  76'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Nils Dahlquist (United States)

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4 September

Cuba | 0–7|  Argentina

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| Report | Basílico  1', 52', 82'
Bonnano 14', 38'
Stork  83'
Oleniak 66'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Leo Goldstein (United States)

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5 September

Brazil | 1–1|  Argentina

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China 38' | Report | Bonnano 83'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)

Team details

Brazil

Argentina

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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
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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

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5 September

United States | 4–2|  Mexico

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Murphy 7', 87'
Looby  23'
Zerhusen  72' | Report | Meza  16'
Contreras  89'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Joao Etzel (Brazil)

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6 September

Cuba | 1–2|  Costa Rica

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González  15' | Report | Alfaro  49'
Gómez  83'

Hanson Park, Chicago

Referee: Nils Dahlquist (United States)

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6 September

Mexico | 1–4|  Haiti

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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
Manoelzinho
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

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

10 goals

* China
* Al Zerhusen

8 goals

* Ed Murphy

7 goals

* Miguel Basílico
* Gérard Delpeche

6 goals

* Gérson
* Bill Looby

5 goals

* George Delices

4 goals

* Roberto Bonnano
* Germano
* Roberto Rodrigues
* Germain Champagne

3 goals

* Domingo Rodríguez
* Javier Contreras
* Jorge Diéz
* Jesús Mercado

2 goals

* Juan Carlos Oleniak
* Beyruth
* Álvaro Alfaro
* Miguel Ángel Herrera
* Lucien Pierre

1 goal

* Dardo Migoni
* Raúl Adolfo Pérez
* Juan Raúl Stork
* Maranhão
* Guillermo Acuña
* Javier Bolaños
* Juan José Gámez
* Jorge Loria
* Victor Vargas
* Ramón Álvarez
* José Doce
* José Ramón González
* Ángel Piedra
* Charles Fenol
* Juan Manuel Álvarez
* Eduardo Carranza
* Fernando Meza
* Miguel Ángel Sordo
* Gene Grabowski

1 own goal

* Javier Bolaños (against  Argentina)
* Joe Speca (against  Costa Rica)

Source: RSSSF

## References

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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.
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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