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.

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 Ernesto Duchini (HC) Françoso Dary Décio Edílson Edmar Edson BorrachaBeyruth Gérson Hércules Hilton Humberto Germano Zé Maria Maranhão China Carlos Alberto Manuel Nélson Ouraci Roberto Rodrigues Rubens Villadonega Newton Cardoso (HC) Victor Ottoboni 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 James Reed (HC) There were 115 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 5.48 goals per match.

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