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.<br> Miguel BasÃÂlico <br> Roberto Blanco<br> Roberto Bonnano<br> Alberto Corradini <br> Pedro de Ciancio<br> José DÃÂaz<br> Domingo Lejona<br> Dardo Migoni <br> Juan Carlos Oleniak<br> Raúl Adolfo Pérez<br> Héctor Readigós<br> Domingo RodrÃÂguez<br> Carlos SaldÃÂas<br> Héctor Scardulla<br> Antonio Spilinga<br> Osmar Stelman<br> Juan Stork <br> José Vázquez<br> Miguel Villafañe <br> Ernesto Duchini (HC)<br> | valign=top|<br /> Françoso<br> Dary<br> Décio<br> EdÃÂlson<br> Edmar<br> Edson Borracha<br>Beyruth<br> Gérson<br> Hércules<br> Hilton<br> Humberto<br> Germano<br> Zé Maria<br> Maranhão<br> China<br> Carlos Alberto<br> Manuel<br> Manoelzinho<br> Nélson<br> Ouraci<br> Roberto Rodrigues<br> Rubens<br> Villadonega<br> Newton Cardoso (HC) | valign=top|<br> Victor Ottoboni <br> Jacob Ruscheinski <br> Willy Schaller<br> Joe Speca<br> John Peter Traina<br> Herman Wecke<br> Alex Ely<br> Val Pelizzaro<br> Zenon Snylyk<br> George Brown<br> Rolf Ganger <br> Gene Grabowski<br> P. Kulischenko <br> Bill Looby<br> Ron Maierhofer<br> Ed Murphy<br> Jim Strachrowsky <br> Al Zerhusen<br> James Reed (HC)