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Football At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Squads
This page lists the football (soccer), football squads, in order with the gold medallists first, of the 11 participating nations at the men's Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics, football tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics. The tournament was contested in and around Stockholm, Sweden, between 29 June and 6 July 1912. Great Britain men's Olympic football team, Great Britain Head coach: ''Arthur Birch'' The following players were also named as reserves, but did not play in any matches: Arthur Brown (footballer, born 1888), Arthur Brown, George Bancroft (footballer), George Bancroft, Charles Bradley (footballer, born 1886), Charles Bradley, John Elvey, Wilbur Chapman (footballer), Wilbur Chapman, Joseph Flavell, Frederick Atkins (footballer), Frederick Atkins, Alec Barclay, George How, Frank Monk, William Callaghan (footballer, born 1888), William Callaghan, Arthur Smith (footballer, born 1887), Arthur Smith, Harry Raymond (footballer), Harry Raymond, John Grant (footba ... [...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] |
