1951 in association football
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Years in football (soccer): | 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 |
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
Decades: | 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s |
Years: | 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 |
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1951 throughout the world.
Events[]
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Winners club national championship[]
Argentina: Racing Club
England: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
France: OGC Nice
Italy: A.C. Milan
Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven
Romania: CCA București
Spain: Atlético Madrid
West Germany: 1. FC Kaiserslautern
International tournaments[]
- Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina (25 February – 8 March 1951)
- Gold Medal:
Argentina
- Silver Medal:
Costa Rica
- Bronze Medal:
Chile
- Gold Medal:
- 1951 British Home Championship (7 October 1950 – 14 April 1951)
Scotland
Births[]
- 18. January – Renato Zaccarelli, Italian international footballer and manager
- 14 February – Kevin Keegan, English international footballer and manager
- 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
- 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)
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