Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	16 – 23 November
Teams	3
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	13 (4.33 per match)

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a football event was contested. Only three club teams competed. Medals were awarded at the time, at least to the Canadian team. The 1904 contest is considered to be an official contest by the IOC but not by FIFA.

The 1904 Games were spread over several months, linked to the St Louis World's Fair, and football was the last sport to be contested, in November. The tournament was played as a straight round robin, although the game between Christian Brothers College and St. Rose Parish was replayed twice due to two 0-0 draws.

Venue

The matches were held at Francis Field in St. Louis.

Francis Field

Medal table

Canadian team Galt F.C. won the Gold Medal.

St. Louis team Christian Brothers College won the Silver Medal.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
2	United States (USA)	0	1	1	2
Totals (2 nations)		1	1	1	3

According to a report in the Toronto Mail and Empire newspaper of November 18, 1904, medals were awarded to the players in St. Louis. The report states that "Immediately after the game, the Galt aggregation, numbering about 50 persons, retired to the office of James E. Sullivan, chief of the Department of Physical Culture, where they received their prize. After a short talk by Mr. James A. Conlon, of the Physical Culture Department, Mayor Mundy, of the City of Galt, presented each player on the winning team with a beautiful gold medal." The medal awarded to Fred Steep of Galt, held by The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum in Vaughan, Ontario, clearly shows that the medals were made in St. Louis, Missouri.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	Canada (CAN) Galt F.C. George Ducker John Fraser John Gourlay Alexander Hall Albert Johnston Robert Lane Ernest Linton Gordon McDonald Frederick Steep Tom Taylor William Twaits Otto Christman Albert Henderson	United States (USA) Christian Brothers College Charles Bartliff Warren Brittingham Oscar Brockmeyer Alexander Cudmore Charles January John January Thomas January Raymond Lawler Joseph Lydon Louis Menges Peter Ratican	United States (USA) St. Rose Parish Joseph Brady George Cooke Thomas Cooke Cormic Cosgrove Edward Dierkes Martin Dooling Frank Frost Claude Jameson Henry Jameson Johnson Leo O'Connell Harry Tate

Events

Men's football

Place	Team	Nation	Record			Goals
			Wins	Losses	Percent	For	Against
1	Galt F.C.	Canada	2	0	1.000	11	0
2	Christian Brothers College	United States	1	1	.500	2	7
3	St. Rose Parish	United States	0	2	.000	0	6

November 16
Galt Football Club	7–0	Christian Brothers College
Gordon McDonald  2' Alexander Hall  3' Frederick Steep Thomas Taylor
November 17
Galt Football Club	4–0	St. Rose Parish
Thomas Taylor  2' Albert Hendersen William Twaits
November 20
St. Rose Parish	0–0	Christian Brothers College
November 21[1]
St. Rose Parish	0–0	Christian Brothers College
November 23
St. Rose Parish	0–2	Christian Brothers College
		(scorers unknown)

Galt F.C. had little difficulty with either of the American squads, defeating them both without conceding a goal. The American teams played two scoreless draws before Christian Brothers College finally won a match against St. Rose, 2-0.

Squads

References

External links

• RSSSF