1904 Summer Olympics / Football
Football at the 1904 Olympics |
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venue | St. Louis |
Competition venue | Francis Field |
Teams | 3 |
Nations | 2 |
Athletes | 36 (36 ) |
date | November 16-23, 1904 |
decisions | 1 |
← Paris 1900 |
Football games were held for the second time at the 1904 Olympic Games . Once again, no national or national teams took part, only three football clubs. The games were all played at Francis Field in St. Louis and each only lasted 30 minutes twice.
Attendees
The Canadian team Galt FC from Ontario and two regional American school teams from St. Louis ( Christian Brothers' College St. Louis and St. Rose School of St. Louis ) registered for the competition. Galt FC was not an unknown team on the American continent; the club was able to win the championship in all three age groups in 1901 and also became association champions in 1904.
There was little interest in Europe in making the long and expensive trip to St. Louis. In Germany there were plans to send a team; however, these were dropped again in September 1904.
Game results
Galt FC clearly won both of their games. The two American teams drew 0-0 in their first meeting on November 20. In a play-off on November 23, 1904, the Christian Brothers' College finally prevailed 2-0. In some reports, there is also talk of another goalless game between the two teams on November 21, although it was a regular league game between the two colleges.
The small provincial town of Galt, about one hundred kilometers southwest of Toronto and now part of Cambridge (Ontario) , celebrated its team enthusiastically after their return. Christian Brothers' College left winger Joseph Lydon also successfully participated in the 1904 Olympic boxing tournament and finished third in the welterweight division. The then only 16-year-old goalkeeper Louis Menges later belonged to the Senate of the state of Illinois .
Decision game for 2nd place:
November 23, 1904 | |||
Christian Brothers' College | - | St. Rose School of St. Louis | 2-0 |
Medal ranks
rank | player |
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Gold Canada |
Galt FC Otto Christman , George Ducker , John Fraser , John Gourley , Alexander Hall , Albert Henderson , Albert Johnston , Robert Lane , Ernest Linton (goalkeeper) , Gordon McDonald , Frederick Steep , Thomas Taylor , William Twaits |
Silver United States |
Christian Brothers' College Charles Albert Bartliff , Warren Brittingham , Oscar Brockmeyer , Alexander Cudmore , John Hartnett , Charles James January , Thomas Thurston January , Raymond Lawler , John Patrick Lydon , Louis John Menges (goalkeeper) , Peter Joseph Ratican |
Bronze United States |
St. Rose School of St. Louis Joseph Brady , Thomas Cooke , Cormic Cosgrove , George Edwin Crook , Martin Dooling , Durkes, Frank Frost (goalkeeper) , Claude Stanley Jameson , Henry Wood Jameson , Johnson, O'Connell, Harry Tate |
literature
- Jürgen Buschmann, Karl Lennartz : The Olympic Football Tournaments - Volume 1: First shot attempts 1896-1908; Pp. 83-109 , Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-89784-159-2
- IFFHS : Book series Olympic football tournaments [1], pp. 11–13 , Wiesbaden 2000
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Buschmann / Lennartz, p. 99