1959 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team

American college soccer season August 2023 1959 Saint Louis Billikens soccer SLU_Billikens_wordmark.png Midwestern Conference Midwestern 11–1–0 N/A Bob Guelker 2nd NCAA Tournament W 5–2 vs. Bridgeport National Champions The 1959 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team represented Saint Louis University during the 1959 NCAA soccer season. The Billikens won the first ever national title this season. It was the second ever season the Billikens fielded a men's varsity soccer team, and it is considered by many American soccer historians to be the start of a dynasty.The St. Louis Billiken's Soccer Club A Time for Champions: A St. Louis Soccer Dynasty 2010 Virginia Publishing Rumford, ME 9781891442551 5–18 Roster Tom Barry Gene Block (GK) John Dueker George Endler Robert Endler John Fuchs Pat Griffard Bob Kauffman John Klein Jerry Knobbe Bob Malone Terry Malone Lee Manna John Michalski William Mueller (Gk) Bob Pisoni Don Range Tom Richmond Mike Shanahanhttp://slubillikens.com/fls/27200/MSOC/HistoryRecords.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=27200 SLU Billikens History & Record Book SLU PDF 4 2015 2018-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20180808202907/http://slubillikens.com/fls/27200/MSOC/HistoryRecords.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=27200 2018-08-08 dead Tom Trost Schedule |- !colspan=6 style="Saint Louis Billikens 0 white"| Regular season |- w 09-26-1959 yes yes Dayton Dayton, OH 10–0   1–0–0 |- w 10-03-1959 yes yes Illinois Champaign, IL 6–1   2–0–0 |- w 10-07-1959 yes MacMurray St. Louis, MO 11–1   3–0–0 |- w 10-11-1959 yes Indiana St. Louis, MO 5–0   4–0–0 |- w 10-17-1959 yes Michigan State East Lansing, MI 4–2   5–0–0 |- w 10-24-1959 Chicago St. Louis, MO 6–0   6–0–0 |- w 10-31-1959 Navy Pier St. Louis, MO 8–0   7–0–0 |- l 11-07-1959 yes Wheaton Wheaton, IL 1–2   7–1–0 |- w 11-14-1959 yes Purdue St. Louis, MO 5–0   8–1–0 |- !colspan=6 style="Saint Louis Billikens 0 white"| NCAA Tournament |- w 11-22-1959 yes yes San Francisco Storrs, CT First round 4–0   9–1–0 |- w 11-26-1959 yes yes CCNY Storrs, CT Semifinals 6–2   10–1–0 |- w 11-28-1959 yes yes Bridgeport Storrs, CT Final 5–2   11–1–0 |- References 2 1959 Category:1959 NCAA soccer independents season Category:1959 in sports in Missouri 1959 Saint Louis 1959 Saint Louis Category:1959 NCAA soccer tournament participants Category:American men's college soccer teams 1959 season