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Overview of the events of 1951 in association football
Years in association football
1951 in sports

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

Category:Association football clubs established in 1951

Winners club national championship

International tournaments

 Scotland

Births

  • 1 January – Dante Garro, Argentine club footballer and manager (died 2008)
  • 2 January – Terry Stanley, English former professional footballer
  • 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 soccer player and 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)
  • 17 December – Jed Reilly, Scottish former footballer

Deaths

January

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

May

July

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

November

Reference

  1. "1951 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. "FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Renato ZACCARELLI". 2008-07-21. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  3. "BBC SPORT | FOOTBALL | Kevin Keegan factfile". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  4. "Arena, Bruce". Current Biography Yearbook 2010. Ipswich, MA: H.W. Wilson. 2010. pp. 15–19. ISBN 9780824211134.
  5. "Jed Reilly". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
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