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»

The third edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Chicago, Illinois, from August 28 to September 6, 1959. Seven teams did compete in a round-robin competition, with Argentina defending the title again.

Matches

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

1959 Pan American Games Winners
Argentina Third title

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