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)
  • 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)

Deaths

January

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

May

July

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

November

Reference

  1. ↑ "FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Renato ZACCARELLI". 2008-07-21. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  2. ↑ "BBC SPORT | FOOTBALL | Kevin Keegan factfile". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  3. ↑ "Arena, Bruce". Current Biography Yearbook 2010. Ipswich, MA: H.W. Wilson. 2010. pp. 15–19. ISBN 9780824211134.
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