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 Kiev, Ukraine.
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]
| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Bethlehem Reserves | Nativity Men's Club[4] |
| 1916 | Allentown YMCA[5] | – |
| 1917 | Allentown YMCA (2) | Nativity Men's Club[6] [7] |
| 1918 | North End F.C. | Victor F.C.[8] |
| 1919 | North End F.C. (2) | Saucon Cross Roads[9] |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 Details | Boston Soccer Club | Fall River F.C. | |
| 1926 Details | New York Giants | ||
| 1927 Details | Boston Soccer Club (2) | ||
| 1928 Details | Bethlehem Steel | Boston Soccer Club | |
| 1929 Details | |||
| 1930 Details | Hakoah All-Stars | ||
| 1931-1933 | No competition |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934-1939 | No competition | ||
| 1940 | Kearny Scots | Philadelphia German American | |
| 1941 | Philadelphia German-American | Brookhattan | |
| 1942 | Kearny Irish | ||
| 1943 | Philadelphia Americans (2) | Kearny Irish | |
| 1944 | Brooklyn Wanderers | ||
| 1945 | Brookhattan (2) | Brooklyn Wanderers | |
| 1946 | Baltimore Americans | ||
| 1947 | Kearny Irish | ||
| 1948 | Kearny Scots (2) | ||
| 1949 | |||
| 1950 | |||
| 1951 | Philadelphia Nationals (2) | ||
| 1952 | Philadelphia Nationals (3) | New York Americans | |
| 1953 | Philadelphia Nationals | ||
| 1954 | Newark Sport Club | ||
| 1955 | Uhrik Truckers (3) | Brookhattan | |
| 1956 | No competition | ||
| 1957 | Newark Portuguese[10] | ||
| 1958 | Uhrik Truckers (4) | Ukrainian Nationals | |
| 1959 | Ukrainian Nationals | New York Hakoah | |
| 1960-1962 | No competition | ||
| 1963 | Newark Ukrainian Sitch |
| Club | Appearances | Cups won | Runner-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uhrik Truckers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1941, 1943, 1955, 1958 | 1940 |
| Philadelphia Nationals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1949, 1951, 1952 | 1950, 1953 |
| Brookhattan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1942, 1945 | 1941, 1948, 1955 |
| Boston S.C. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1925, 1927 | 1928 |
| Allentown YMCA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1916, 1917 | – |
| North End F.C. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1918, 1919 | – |
| Kearny Scots | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1940, 1948 | – |
| Kearny Irish | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1944 | 1942, 1943, 1947, 1949 |
| Ukrainian Nationals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1959 | 1958, 1963 |
| Fall River F.C. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1930 | 1925 |
| New Bedford Whalers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1926 | 1929 |
| Baltimore Americans | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1947 | 1946 |
| New York Americans | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1950 | 1952 |
| Newark Portuguese | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1953 | 1957 |
| Bethlehem Reserves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1915 | – |
| Bethlehem Steel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1928 | – |
| New York Nationals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1929 | – |
| Brooklyn Hispano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1946 | – |
| Newark Sport Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1954 | – |
| Elizabeth Falcons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1957 | – |
| Newark Ukrainian Sitch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1963 | – |
| Nativity Men's Club | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 1915, 1917 |
| Brooklyn Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 1944, 1945 |
| New York Hakoah II | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 1951, 1959 |
| Victor F.C. | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1918 |
| Saucon Cross Roads | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1919 |
| New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | |
| Brooklyn Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1927 |
| Hakoah All-Stars | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1930 |
| S.C. Eintracht | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1954 |