1947 NAFC Championship squads

These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1947 NAFC Championship.^[1]

The age listed for each player is on 13 July 1947, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of the tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match before the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team.

Cuba

Head coach: Juan Vázquez Penabad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
-	1GK	Juan Ayra	(1913-06-23)23 June 1913 (aged 34)	6	0	Puentes Grandes [simple]
-	1GK	Pedro Pablo Arozemena		0	0	Juventud Asturiana [fr]
-	1GK	Joaquín Torroella		0	0	Puentes Grandes [simple]
-	2DF	Jacinto Barquín	(1915-09-03)3 September 1915 (aged 31)	8	2	Puentes Grandes [simple]
-	2DF	Ramon Cruz Díez		0	0	Puentes Grandes [simple]
-	2DF	Enrique Martínez Pérez		0	0	Juventud Asturiana [fr]
-	2DF	Pedro Cotalero		0	0	Puentes Grandes [simple]
-	3MF	José Minsal		0	0	Puentes Grandes [simple]
-	3MF	Francisco Álvarez López		0	0	Free agent
-	3MF	Armando Granados		0	0	Puentes Grandes [simple]
-	3MF	José Ovide		0	0	Puentes Grandes [simple]
-	3MF	Marcelino Minsal		0	0	Puentes Grandes [simple]
-	4FW	Jesús Villalón	(1914-07-05)5 July 1914 (aged 33)	0	0	Centro Gallego [es]
-	4FW	Vicente Pérez López		0	0	Iberia Havana
-	4FW	Ricardo Mederos		0	0	Iberia Havana
-	4FW	Armando Buxadera		0	0	Litobana
-	4FW	Luis Gironella		0	0	Juventud Asturiana [fr]
-	4FW	Manuel Brioso		0	0	Puentes Grandes [simple]
-	4FW	Roberto Roure		0	0	Free agent

Mexico

Head coach: György Orth

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
-	1GK	Raúl Landeros [de]		0	0	Tampico [es]
-	1GK	Federico Villavicencio		0	0	Atlante
-	2DF	Sergio Bravo	(1927-11-27)27 November 1927 (aged 19)	6	0	Real España
-	2DF	Juan Gómez	(1924-06-26)26 June 1924 (aged 23)	0	0	Atlas
-	2DF	Alfonso Montemayor	(1922-04-28)28 April 1922 (aged 25)	0	0	León
-	2DF	Alberto Medina Villalobos		0	0	Atlante
-	3MF	Rafael Orozco	(1922-05-08)8 May 1922 (aged 25)	0	0	Guadalajara
-	3MF	Juan Jasso	(1926-08-21)21 August 1926 (aged 20)	0	0	Guadalajara
-	3MF	Rodrigo Ruiz	(1923-04-14)14 April 1923 (aged 24)	0	0	Guadalajara
-	3MF	Mario Ochoa	(1927-11-07)7 November 1927 (aged 19)	0	0	Club América
-	3MF	Salvador Arizméndi [de]		0	0	Atlante
-	4FW	Max Prieto	(1919-03-28)28 March 1919 (aged 28)	0	0	Guadalajara
-	4FW	Javier de la Torre	(1923-12-19)19 December 1923 (aged 23)	0	0	Guadalajara
-	4FW	Antonio Flores	(1923-07-13)13 July 1923 (aged 24)	0	0	Atlas
-	4FW	Adalberto López	(1923-07-04)4 July 1923 (aged 24)	0	0	León
-	4FW	Carlos Septién	(1923-01-18)18 January 1923 (aged 24)	0	0	Real España
-	4FW	Octavio Vial	(1918-11-26)26 November 1918 (aged 28)	0	0	Real España
-	4FW	Luis Reyes Ayala [de]	1914 (aged 32–33)	0	0	Guadalajara
-	4FW	Julián Durán [de]		0	0	Real España
-	4FW	Ángel Segura [de]		0	0	Atlante

United States

Head coach: Andrew M. Brown

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
-	1GK	Walter Romanowicz	(1918-04-24)24 April 1918 (aged 29)	0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	2DF	Joe Ferreira	(1916-04-24)24 April 1916 (aged 31)	0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	2DF	Manuel Martin	(1917-12-29)29 December 1917 (aged 29)	0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	2DF	Joseph Rego-Costa	(1919-07-03)3 July 1919 (aged 28)	0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	2DF	Joseph Michaels	(1915-12-03)3 December 1915 (aged 31)	2	0	Ponta Delgada
-	2DF	John Machado	(1912-01-04)4 January 1912 (aged 35)	0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	2DF	Joe Machado		0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	3MF	Vincent Lucianno		0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	3MF	Jim Delgado		0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	3MF	Jesse Braga	(1918-01-03)3 January 1918 (aged 29)	0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	3MF	John Travis	(1917-01-24)24 January 1917 (aged 30)	0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	4FW	Ed Souza	(1921-09-22)22 September 1921 (aged 25)	0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	4FW	Frank Moniz	(1911-09-26)26 September 1911 (aged 35)	0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	4FW	John Souza	(1920-07-12)12 July 1920 (aged 27)	0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	4FW	Ed Valentine	(1914-11-23)23 November 1914 (aged 32)	0	0	Ponta Delgada

References

1. Lugo, Erik Francisco; Mendoza, Eduardo; Morrison, Neil; Torres, Steve (17 July 2023). "North American Championship 1947 (Cuba)". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 October 2025.