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
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Years: 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954

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

Events[]

A 1951–52 FA Cup match between Welsh club Merthyr and England's Ipswich

Winners club national championship[]

International tournaments[]

  • Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina (25 February – 8 March 1951)
  • 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[]

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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