1951 in association football

Last updated October 17, 2023

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1951 throughout the world.

Events

Category:Association football clubs established in 1951

Winners club national championship

International tournaments

Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina (25 February – 8 March 1951)
- Gold Medal: Argentina
- Silver Medal: Costa Rica
- Bronze Medal: Chile
1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India (5 – 10 March 1951)
- : India
- : Iran
- : Japan
1950–51 British Home Championship (7 October 1950 – 14 April 1951)

Scotland

Births

1 January – Dante Garro, Argentine club footballer and manager (died 2008)
18 January – Renato Zaccarelli, Italian international footballer and manager.^[1]
14 February – Kevin Keegan, English international footballer and manager.^[2]
21 February – Wolfgang Frank, German footballer and manager (died 2013)
4 March – Kenny Dalglish, Scottish international footballer and manager
11 April – Jim Holton, Scottish international footballer (died 1993)
2 June – Antonio Benítez, Spanish international footballer (died 2014)
21 September – Bruce Arena, American footballer and National Team coach.^[3]
23 September – Harry Lubse, Dutch international footballer
12 October – István Halász, Hungarian international footballer (died 2016)
3 November – François Bracci, French international footballer
9 December – Dominique Dropsy, French international footballer (died 2015)

Deaths

January

26 January - Henri Bard, French footballer (born 1892)

May

9 May - Leo Bosschart, Dutch footballer (born 1888)

July

14 July - Ben Verweij (55), Dutch footballer (born 1895)

November

13 November – Walter de Souza Goulart, Brazilian goalkeeper, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup (born 1912)

Reference

↑ "FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Renato ZACCARELLI". 2008-07-21. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
↑ "BBC SPORT | FOOTBALL | Kevin Keegan factfile". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
↑ "Arena, Bruce". Current Biography Yearbook 2010. Ipswich, MA: H.W. Wilson. 2010. pp. 15–19. ISBN 9780824211134.

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[1] "FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Renato ZACCARELLI". 2008-07-21. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2023-06-01.

[2] "BBC SPORT | FOOTBALL | Kevin Keegan factfile". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-01.

[3] "Arena, Bruce". Current Biography Yearbook 2010. Ipswich, MA: H.W. Wilson. 2010. pp. 15–19. ISBN 9780824211134.

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