1904 Summer Olympics / Football

Football at the 1904 Olympics
information
venue	St. Louis
Competition venue	Francis Field
Teams	3
Nations	2
Athletes	36 (36 )
date	November 16-23, 1904
decisions	1
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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 won the gold medal at the 1904 Olympic football tournament.

The American team from the "Christian Brothers College" in St. Louis won the silver medal.

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 .

November 16, 1904
Christian Brothers' College	-	Galt FC	0: 7 (0: 4)
17th November 1904
St. Rose School of St. Louis	-	Galt FC	0: 4 (0: 0)
November 20, 1904
Christian Brothers' College	-	St. Rose School of St. Louis	0: 0 a.d.

Decision game for 2nd place:

November 23, 1904
Christian Brothers' College	-	St. Rose School of St. Louis	2-0

Medal ranks

rank	player
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

• Information and details on 1904 at iffhs.de
• Tournament dates 1904 on rsssf.com (engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Buschmann / Lennartz, p. 99