The Lewis Cup was an American soccer trophy established in 1914 as the championship trophy for the amateur Blue Mountain League, which was composed of clubs from the Lehigh Valley region of northeastern 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 Kyiv, Ukraine.
History In 1914, Horace Edgar Lewis donated a trophy to crown the champion of the newly established Blue Mountain League.Blue Mountain League When the league disbanded, the trophy was stored in a jewelry store safe.Bringing Back the Cups; The Globe – Bethlehem; December 16, 1924 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 Kyiv.The Sports Sleuths
Winners
Blue Mountain League
Year Winner Runner-up1915 Bethlehem ReservesNativity Men's Club1916 Allentown YMCA –1917 Allentown YMCA (2)Nativity Men's ClubThe 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.1918 North End F.C.Victor F.C.1919 North End F.C. (2) Saucon Cross Roads
American Soccer League I Year Winner Runner-up1925 Details Boston Soccer ClubFall River F.C.1926 Details New Bedford Whalers New York Giants1927 Details Boston Soccer Club (2)Brooklyn Wanderers 1928 Details Bethlehem SteelBoston Soccer Club1929 Details New York Nationals New Bedford Whalers 1930 DetailsFall River F.C. Hakoah All-Stars1931-1933 No competition
American Soccer League II Year Winner Runner-up1934-1939 No competition1940Kearny ScotsPhiladelphia German American1941 Philadelphia German-AmericanBrookhattan1942Brookhattan Kearny Irish1943 Philadelphia Americans (2)Kearny Irish1944 Kearny Irish Brooklyn Wanderers1945 Brookhattan (2)Brooklyn Wanderers1946 Brooklyn Hispano Baltimore Americans1947 Baltimore Americans Kearny Irish1948 Kearny Scots (2)Brookhattan 1949 Philadelphia Nationals Kearny Irish 1950 New York Americans Philadelphia Nationals 1951Philadelphia Nationals (2) New York Hakoah 1952 Philadelphia Nationals (3)New York Americans1953 Newark Portuguese Philadelphia Nationals1954Newark Sport ClubS.C. Eintracht 1955 Uhrik Truckers (3)Brookhattan1956No competition1957Elizabeth Falcons Newark Portuguese1958Uhrik Truckers (4)Ukrainian Nationals1959 Ukrainian NationalsNew York Hakoah1960-1962No competition1963 Newark Ukrainian SitchUkrainian Nationals
By club ClubAppearancesCups wonRunner-upYears wonYears runner-upUhrik Truckers#5411941, 1943, 1955, 19581940Philadelphia Nationals5321949, 1951, 19521950, 1953Brookhattan5231942, 19451941, 1948, 1955Boston S.C.3211925, 19271928Allentown YMCA2201916, 1917 –North End F.C.2201918, 1919 –Kearny Scots2201940, 1948 –Kearny Irish51419441942, 1943, 1947, 1949Ukrainian Nationals31219591958, 1963Fall River F.C.21119301925New Bedford Whalers21119261929Baltimore Americans21119471946New York Americans21119501952Newark Portuguese21119531957Bethlehem Reserves1101915 –Bethlehem Steel1101928 –New York Nationals1101929 –Brooklyn Hispano1101946 –Newark Sport Club1101954 –Elizabeth Falcons1101957 –Newark Ukrainian Sitch1101963 –Nativity Men's Club202 –1915, 1917Brooklyn Wanderers202 –1944, 1945New York Hakoah II202 –1951, 1959Victor F.C.101 –1918Saucon Cross Roads101 –1919New York Giants101 –1926 Brooklyn Wanderers101 –1927Hakoah All-Stars101 –1930S.C. Eintracht101 –1954#1941 known as Philadelphia German-American, 1943 as Philadelphia Americans
References
External links 1925-1963 Results