Lewis Cup

The Lewis Cup was an American soccer trophy established in 1914 as the championship trophy for the amateur Blue Mountain League in Pennsylvania. It was later awarded to the winners of the American Soccer League's League Cup. The last winner received the trophy in 1963 and it resides in the Museum of Sports Glory in Kiev, Ukraine.

History

In 1914, Horace Edgar Lewis donated a trophy to crown the champion of the newly established Blue Mountain League.[1] When the league disbanded, the trophy was stored in a jewelry store safe.[2] In December 1924, was brought out of storage in order to award to the winners of the 1925 American Soccer League cup. The league began to collapse in 1931 and did not hold a league cup. In 1933, the league disbanded. That year, a semi-professional league, the second American Soccer League, began operations. In 1940, the Lewis Cup was again brought out of storage and given to the winners of the league cup. In 1963, Newark Ukrainian Stich won the cup, the last season it was awarded. The team later donated the trophy to the Museum of Sports Glory in Kiev.[3]

Winners

Blue Mountain League

  1. The league was reduced from six to two teams half way through the season when most of the players were drafted into military service when the United States entered World War I. The remaining two teams, Victor FC and North End FC played three games to determine the Lewis Cup champion. North End won two of the three games.

American Soccer League I

Year Winner Runner-up
1925
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Boston Soccer Club Fall River Marksmen
1926
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New Bedford Whalers New York Giants
1927
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Boston Soccer Club Brooklyn Wanderers
1928
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Bethlehem Steel Boston Soccer Club
1929
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New York Nationals New Bedford Whalers
1930
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Fall River Marksmen Hakoah All-Stars
1931-1933 No competition

American Soccer League II

Year Winner Runner-up
1934-1939 No competition
1940 Kearny Scots Philadelphia German American
1941 Philadelphia German-American Brookhattan
1942 Brookhattan Kearny Irish
1943 Philadelphia Americans Kearny Irish
1944 Kearny Irish Brooklyn Wanderers
1945 Brookhattan Brooklyn Wanderers
1946 Brooklyn Hispano Baltimore Americans
1947 Baltimore American Kearny Irish
1948 Kearny Scots Brookhattan
1949 Philadelphia Nationals Kearny Irish
1950 New York Americans Philadelphia Nationals
1951 Philadelphia Nationals New York Hakoah
1952 Philadelphia Nationals New York Americans
1953 Newark Portuguese Philadelphia Nationals
1954 Newark Sport Club S.C. Eintracht
1955 Uhrik Truckers Brookhattan
1956 No competition
1957 Elizabeth Falcons
1958 Uhrik Truckers Ukrainian Nationals
1959 Ukrainian Nationals New York Hakoah
1960-1962 No competition
1963 Newark Ukrainian Sitch Ukrainian Nationals

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