The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1951 throughout the world.
Events :Category:Association football clubs established in 1951
Winners club national championship : Racing Club : Tottenham Hotspur : OGC Nice : A.C. Milan : PSV Eindhoven : CCA București : Hibernian : 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)
1950–51 British Home Championship (7 October 1950 – 14 April 1951)
Births 1 January – Dante Garro, Argentine club footballer and manager (died 2008) 2 January – Terry Stanley, English former professional footballer 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 footballer (died 1993) 2 June – Antonio Benítez, Spanish international footballer (died 2014) 21 September – Bruce Arena, American soccer player and coach. 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) 17 December – Jed Reilly, Scottish former footballer
Deaths
January 26 January - Henri Bard, French footballer (born 1892)
May 9 May - Leo Bosschart, Dutch footballer (born 1888)
July 14 July - Ben Verweij (55), Dutch footballer (born 1895)
November 13 November – Walter de Souza Goulart, Brazilian goalkeeper, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup (born 1912)
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