1936 in association football
The following are the football events of the year 1936 throughout the world.
Events
- Foundation of Beitar Jerusalem F.C.
Winners club national championship
- Argentina: River Plate
- England: Sunderland
- France: RC Paris
- Italy: Bologna
- Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
- Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
- Poland: Ruch Chorzów
- Romania: Ripensia Timișoara
- Scotland:
- Spain: Athletic Bilbao
- Soviet Union: see 1936 in Soviet football
International tournaments
- 1936 British Home Championship (October 5, 1935 – April 4, 1936)
Births
- January 6 – Anton Allemann, Swiss international footballer (died 2008)
- January 9 – Ion Nunweiller, Romanian international footballer (died 2015)
- January 16 – Tinus Bosselaar, Dutch footballer (died 2018)
- January 29 – Brian Hodgson, English professional footballer (died 2018)[2]
- February 2 – Metin Oktay, Turkish international footballer (died 1991)
- February 7 – Luis Santibañez, Chilean football manager (died 2008)
- March 10 – Sepp Blatter, 8th President of FIFA
- April 25 – Leonel Sánchez, Chilean international footballer (died 2022)
- June 22 – Ferran Olivella, Spanish footballer
- July 2 – Eusebio Escobar, Colombian footballer
- July 11 – John McTurk, Scottish former footballer[3]
- September 9 – Eddie Werge, English professional footballer (died 2007)[4]
- September 20 – Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican football player (died 2012)
- October 1 – Ken Jones, English professional footballer (died 2018)[5]
- October 9 – Sverre Andersen, Norwegian international footballer (died 2016)
- October 12 – Les Dodds, English retired professional footballer[6]
- November 5 – Uwe Seeler, German international footballer
Deaths
- March 9 – Alexander Watson Hutton, Scottish sportsman, founder of the Argentine Football Association and Alumni Athletic Club. (82)
References
- ^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890–1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 42. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
- ^ "John McTurk". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Eddie Werge". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Ken Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Les Dodds". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 January 2024.