1951 in association football

Overview of the events of 1951 in association football

1951 in sports
Years in association football
← 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 →
Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1950–51 1951 1951–52 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1950–51 1951–52 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

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

Events

Category:Association football clubs established in 1951

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)

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 soccer player and 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)

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

^ "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.