# Football at the 1959 Pan American Games

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.

## Participans

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

## 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

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 :
* 1959 Pan American Games winners
* Argentina Third title

## 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 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

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