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1937 in association football

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The following are the football events of 1937 throughout the world.

Events

  • May 2 – Puck van Heel becomes Holland's most capped player when he plays his 57th match for the Netherlands national football team against Belgium. Van Heel earned 64 caps during his career.
  • Foundation of Air Force Central F.C.
  • Sunderland AFC win the FA cup final.

Winners club national championship

  • Argentina: River Plate
  • France: Olympique de Marseille
  • Italy: Bologna
  • Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
  • Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
  • Poland: Cracovia
  • Romania: Venus București
  • Scotland:
  • Soviet Union: see 1937 in Soviet football
  • Turkey: Fenerbahçe
  • Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Građanski Zagreb

International tournaments

Births

  • January 1 – Vlatko Marković, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2013)
  • February 3 – Alex Young Scottish international footballer (died 2017)
  • March 13 – Antonio Betancort, Spanish international footballer (died 2015)
  • May 16 – Antonio Rattín, Argentine international footballer
  • June 1 – Ezio Pascutti, Italian international footballer (died 2017)
  • June 27 – Jules Accorsi, French football player and manager
  • June 29 – Yair Nossovsky, Israeli footballer
  • July 6 – Ernesto Figueiredo, Portuguese footballer
  • July 9 – Josef Vacenovský, Czech forward
  • July 12
    • Fritz Kehl, Swiss football defender
    • František Valošek, Czech football player
  • July 20 – Ilie Datcu, Romanian goalkeeper and coach
  • August 9 – Hans Nowak, German international footballer (died 2012)
  • August 19 – Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish international footballer and manager (died 2014)
  • August 22 – Gennadi Matveyev, Soviet international footballer (died 2014)
  • October 14 – Ron Routledge, English professional footballer
  • November 8
    • Peter Brabrook, English international footballer (died 2016)
    • Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2019)
  • November 10 – Zdeněk Zikán, Czech football player (d. 2013)
  • November 20 – Pim van de Meent, Dutch footballer and manager
  • December 6 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-Uruguayan footballer (died 2006)
  • December 20 – Gordon Banks, English international footballer (died 2019)

References

References

  1. "Scottish Cup Past Winners {{!}} Scottish Cup {{!}} Scottish FA".
  2. "Ron Routledge". HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG.
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