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1951 In Football (soccer)
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1951 throughout the world. Events Winners club national championship * : Racing Club * : Tottenham Hotspur F.C. * : OGC Nice * : A.C. Milan * : PSV Eindhoven * : CCA București * : Atlético Madrid * : 1. FC Kaiserslautern International tournaments * Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina (25 February – 8 March 1951) ** Gold Medal: ** Silver Medal: ** Bronze Medal: * 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India (5 – 10 March 1951) ** : ** : ** : *1951 British Home Championship (7 October 1950 – 14 April 1951) :: 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Dalglish
Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish (born 4 March 1951) is a Scottish former association football, football player and manager (association football), manager. During his career, he made 338 appearances for Celtic F.C., Celtic and 515 for Liverpool F.C., Liverpool, playing as a forward (association football), forward, and earned a record 102 full caps for the Scotland national football team, Scotland national team, scoring 30 goals, also a joint-record. Dalglish won the Ballon d'Or Silver Award in 1983, the PFA Players' Player of the Year in 1983, and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1979 and 1983. In 2009, ''FourFourTwo'' magazine named Dalglish the greatest Forward (association football)#Striker, striker in post-war British football, and he has been inducted into both the Scotland Football Hall of Fame, Scottish and English Football Hall of Fame, English Football Halls of Fame. He is very highly regarded by Liverpool fans, who still affectionately refer to him as ''King Kenny'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beating Hungary 4–2. Italy's 1934 and 1938 teams hold the distinction of being the only men's national team to win the World Cup multiple times under the same coach, Vittorio Pozzo. It would be the last World Cup until 1950 due to the disruption from World War II. Host selection France was chosen as host nation by FIFA in Berlin on 13 August 1936. France was chosen over Argentina and Germany in the first round of voting. The decision to hold a second consecutive tournament in Europe (after Italy in 1934) caused outrage in South America, where it was believed that the venue should alternate between the two continents. This was the last World Cup to be staged before the outbreak of the Second World War. Qualification Because of anger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter De Souza Goulart
Walter de Souza Goulart (17 July 1912 – 13 November 1951), known as just Walter, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Brazil national team at the 1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ... finals, where they managed a third-place finish. References 1912 births 1951 deaths Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's international footballers 1938 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Brazil-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Verweij
Bernard ("Ben") Willem Jan Verweij (31 August 1895 in Medan, Sumatra – 14 July 1951 in Amsterdam) was a football (soccer) player from the Netherlands, who represented his home country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1920. At his Olympic debut in Antwerp, Belgium he won the bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team, followed by a fourth place four years later in Paris, France Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma .... References External links *Dutch Olympic Committee* 1895 births 1951 deaths Dutch footballers Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Netherlands international footballers Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Bosschart
Leonard ("Leo") François Gerard Bosschart (24 August 1888 in Kota Radja, Dutch East Indies – 9 May 1951 in Hoboken, Antwerp, Belgium) was a football player from the Netherlands, who captained his home country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium as captain. There he won the bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team. Club career A versatile midfielder, Bosschart played for Quick. International career Bosschart made his debut for Netherlands in a December 1909 friendly match against England and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a September 1920 friendly against Spain. Personal life Born in the Dutch East Indies to Francois Guilleaume Jacques Bosschart and Anna Catharina Gerardina Eras, Bosschart studied engineering in Delft and became chief engineer at Burgenhout in Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Bard
Henri Louis Bard (29 April 1892 – 26 January 1951) was a French professional footballer. Born in Lyon, Bard started his career in Switzerland, when his parents lived there. His first club was Servette. From 1911 he played as forward for Racing Club de France. Two years later he became a member of the France national team. In 1918 he became a member of Paris club ''Cercle Athlétique''. With this team he won the French Cup in 1920, when he scored both of his team's goals in the final against Le Havre AC. From 1922 to 1925 he played again for Racing Club. He won 18 caps Caps are flat headgear. Caps or CAPS may also refer to: Science and technology Computing * CESG Assisted Products Service, provided by the U.K. Government Communications Headquarters * Composite Application Platform Suite, by Java Caps, a Java ... for France (eight for while in Racing, ten while in Cercle Athlétique) and scored 6 goals from February 1913 to October 1923. World War I interrupted his intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Dropsy
Dominique Dropsy (9 December 1951 – 7 October 2015) was a French professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 596 Ligue 1 matches over 17 seasons, which stood as a record for several years, and won three national championships during his career, two with Bordeaux. Dropsy represented France at the 1978 World Cup. Club career Born in Leuze, Aisne, Dropsy started his senior career with Valenciennes FC. He contributed 19 games in the 1971–72 season, helping the club return to Ligue 1 and win its first Ligue 2 championship in the process. Dropsy signed with RC Strasbourg Alsace in the summer of 1973. During his 11-year spell at the Stade de la Meinau he never played less than 31 matches, appearing in all 38 in the 1978–79 campaign as the team conquered their first-ever domestic league. Aged 34, Dropsy joined FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where he remained until his retirement always as first choice. He won a further two national championships, and added two Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Bracci
François Bracci (born 31 October 1951 in Beinheim) is a French football manager and former player. He obtained a total number of 18 international caps for the France national team. Playing for Olympique de Marseille (1971–1979), he was a member of the French squad that competed at the 1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by t .... References External links * * * * 1951 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Halász
István Halász (12 October 1951 – 4 June 2016) was a Hungarian football midfielder who played for Hungary in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He also played for FC Tatabánya
FC Tatabánya is a Hungarian football club based in Tatabánya. They play their home games at Stadion Gyula Grosics.
History
The ''Tatabányai Sport Klub'' was founded on February 6, 1910 by Ferenc Frei, a mining engineer. At this time seve ... .
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Harry Lubse
Henricus ("Harry") Carolus Gerardus Lubse (born 23 September 1951 in Eindhoven, North Brabant) is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained one international cap for the Dutch national team.. voetbalstats.nl He did so on September 3, 1975 in the Euro Qualifier against Finland, when Holland won 4–1 with one goal from the PSV Eindhoven forward. He represented his native country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, although Lubse didn't play in Argentina. Later moving from PSV he played for Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as .... References External links * 1951 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Eerste Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Arena
Bruce Arena (born September 21, 1951) is an American soccer coach who is the head coach and sporting director of the New England Revolution. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and the NJCAA Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Arena has had a long and distinguished coaching career and is considered to be one of the most successful coaches in North American soccer history, having won five College Cup titles and five MLS Cup titles. He was the United States national team head coach at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup, head coach of the New York Red Bulls, D.C. United, LA Galaxy, and the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer, and coached Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer to several college soccer championships. He is the U.S. soccer team's longest-serving head coach. Before beginning his coaching career, Arena was a goalkeeper for Cornell University, and earned one cap with the United States men's national soccer team. Playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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