Olympic Football Tournament (St. Louis 1904)

(From 16-11-1904 to 23-11-1904)

* NOTE: Football was merely a demonstration sport in St. Louis 1904 (with games of two halves that lasted only 30 minutes each) and no medals were officially awarded (although the tournament winners, Galt FC, did receive a commemorative gold medal after their last game). However, in an effort to reconcile the early Olympiads with the modern games, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) currently credits the countries represented by the three participating teams with gold, silver and bronze medals, according to their final classification.

Olympic Poster
Olympic Poster

 

PARTICIPANTS (3)

· Two clubs representing the host nation: Christian Brothers’ College (USA), St. Rose Parish (USA).

· One club representing an invited nation: Galt FC (CANADA).

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· A league stage in which each team plays against the other two.

 

 

DEMONSTRATION GAMES

 

GAME 1

STADIUM: Francis Field (St. Louis)

DATE: 16-11-1904 (xxx h)

ATTENDANCE: xxx

REFEREE: Paul McSweeney (USA)

GOALS: Hall (3), McDonald (2), Steep, Taylor

USA

Christian Brothers’ College - Galt FC

CAN

0-7 (0-4)

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS’ COLLEGE

Menges

Brockmeyer, J. January

T. January, C. January, Ratican

Brittingham, Cudmore, Bartliff, Lawler, Lydon

COACH-PLAYER: Joe Lydon

GALT FC

Linton

Ducker, J. Gourlay (c)

Lane, Johnston, Fraser

Taylor, Steep, Hall, McDonald, Twaits

COACH: Louis Duff

 

GAME 2

STADIUM: Francis Field (St. Louis)

DATE: 17-11-1904 (xxx h)

ATTENDANCE: xxx

REFEREE: Paul McSweeney (USA)

GOALS: Taylor (2), Henderson, Twaits

[Incidents: St. Rose Parish’ forward Tom Cooke broke his leg during the match and was ineligible for the rest of the tournament.]

USA

St. Rose Parish - Galt FC

CAN

0-4 (0-0)

ST. ROSE PARISH

Frost

G. Cooke, H. Jameson

Brady, Dierkes, Dooling

Cosgrove, O’Connell, C. Jameson, Tate, T. Cooke

COACH: xxx

GALT FC

Linton

Ducker, J. Gourlay (c)

Lane, Johnston, Christman

Taylor, Steep, Hall, Henderson, Twaits

COACH: Louis Duff

 

GAME 3

STADIUM: Francis Field (St. Louis)

DATE: 18-11-1904 (xxx h)

ATTENDANCE: xxx

REFEREE: xxx

GOALS: xxx

[Incidents: Game postponed after three overtimes of 10 minutes each (following a 0-0 stalemate after 60 minutes of regulation time) because the late hour hindered visibility in the stadium.]

USA

St. Rose Parish - Christian Brothers’ College

USA

0-0 (0-0;0-0;0-0;0-0)

ST. ROSE PARISH

Frost

G. Cooke, H. Jameson

Brady, Dierkes, Dooling

Cosgrove, O’Connell, C. Jameson, Tate, Johnson

COACH: xxx

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS’ COLLEGE

Menges

Brockmeyer, J. January

T. January, C. January, Ratican

Brittingham, Cudmore, Bartliff, Lawler, Lydon

COACH-PLAYER: Joe Lydon

 

GAME 3 (REPLAY)

STADIUM: Francis Field (St. Louis)

DATE: 23-11-1904 (xxx h)

ATTENDANCE: xxx

REFEREE: xxx

GOALS: xxx

[Incidents: This match was the replay of the original one, played on 18-11-1904 with the same line-ups, which was abandoned after the third extra-time for lack of natural light in the stadium. Although St. Rose Parish and Christian Brothers’ College played out another 0-0 stalemate on 20-11-1904, this game was not part of the Olympic Tournament proper, but a regular Parish League match.]

USA

St. Rose Parish - Christian Brothers’ College

USA

0-2 (xxx)

ST. ROSE PARISH

Frost

G. Cooke, H. Jameson

Brady, Dierkes, Dooling

Cosgrove, O’Connell, C. Jameson, Tate, Johnson

COACH: xxx

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS’ COLLEGE

Menges

Brockmeyer, J. January

T. January, C. January, Ratican

Brittingham, Cudmore, Bartliff, Lawler, Lydon

COACH-PLAYER: Joe Lydon

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Galt FC CAN

2.

Christian Brothers’ College (St. Louis) USA

3.

St. Rose Parish (St. Louis) USA

 

 

 

SQUADS

(In red, original names of countries and players)

 

Christian Brothers’ College — USA

Galt FC — CANADA

Goalkeepers

Louis Menges

Defenders

Oscar Brockmeyer

John January

Midfielders

Tom January

Charles January

Peter Ratican

Forwards

Warren Brittingham

Alexander Cudmore

Charles Bartliff

Ray Lawler

Joe Lydon

COACH-PLAYER: Joe Lydon

Goalkeepers

Ernest Linton

Defenders

George Ducker

John Gourlay (c)

Midfielders

Bobby Lane

Albert Johnston

Jack Fraser

Otto Christman

Forwards

Tom Taylor

Fred Steep

Alexander Hall

Gordon McDonald

William Twaits

Albert “Red” Henderson

Parnell Gourlay

COACH: Louis Duff

St. Rose Parish — USA

 

Goalkeepers

Frank Frost

Defenders

George Cooke

Henry Jameson

Midfielders

Joseph Brady

Martin Dooling

Edward Dierkes

Forwards

Cormic Cosgrove

Claude Jameson

Harry Tate

Tom Cooke

xxx O’Connell

xxx Johnson

COACH: xxx

 

 

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