1950 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1950 throughout the world.

Events

• Olympique Lyon is founded
• RoPS Rovaniemi is founded

Winners club national championship

•  Argentina: Racing Club
•  France: Bordeaux
•  West Germany: VfB Stuttgart
•  Iceland: KR
•  Italy: Juventus
•  Romania: Flamura Roșie Arad
•  Spain: Atlético Madrid
•  Turkey: Fenerbahçe, Göztepe

International tournaments

• 1950 British Home Championship (October 1, 1949 – May 25, 1950)

 England

• FIFA World Cup in Brazil (June 24 – July 16, 1950)
  •  Uruguay
  •  Brazil
  •  Sweden
  •  Spain

Births

• January 1 – Tony Currie, English footballer
• January 2 – Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach (died 2017)
• January 13 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian international footballer and manager (died 2014)
• January 23 – Tom Vansittart, English retired professional footballer^[1]
• February 28 – Gerdo Hazelhekke, Dutch footballer
• April 3 – Petar Nikezić, Yugoslavian-Serbian international footballer (died 2014)
• April 8 – Grzegorz Lato, Polish international footballer
• April 20 – Tommy Berggren, Swedish footballer (died 2012)
• May 1 – Danny McGrain, Scottish international footballer
• May 5 – Brian Alderson, Scottish footballer (died 1997)
• May 23 – Ken Tiler, English former professional footballer
• July 5 – Carlos Caszely, Chilean international footballer
• September 7 – Mário Sérgio Pontes de Paiva, Brazilian international footballer and manager (died 2016)
• October 3 – Luděk Macela, Czech international footballer (died 2016)
• October 24 – Asa Hartford, Scottish international footballer
• November 29 – Dietmar Danner, German international footballer. ^[2]

Deaths

October

• October 5 – Juan Botasso, Argentine Goalkeeper, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (41)

References