1950 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1950 throughout the world.
Events[edit]
- Olympique Lyon is founded
- RoPS Rovaniemi is founded
Winners club national championship[edit]
Argentina: Racing Club
France: Bordeaux
West Germany: VfB Stuttgart
Iceland: KR
Italy: Juventus
Romania: Flamura Roșie Arad
Spain: Atlético Madrid
Turkey: Fenerbahçe, Göztepe
International tournaments[edit]
- 1950 British Home Championship (October 1, 1949 – May 25, 1950)
Births[edit]
- January 1 – Tony Currie, English footballer
- January 2 – Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach (died 2017)
- January 13 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian international footballer and manager (died 2014)
- January 23 – Tom Vansittart, English retired professional footballer[1]
- February 28 – Gerdo Hazelhekke, Dutch footballer
- April 3 – Petar Nikezić, Yugoslavian-Serbian international footballer (died 2014)
- April 8 – Grzegorz Lato, Polish international footballer
- April 20 – Tommy Berggren, Swedish footballer (died 2012)
- May 1 – Danny McGrain, Scottish international footballer
- May 5 – Brian Alderson, Scottish footballer (died 1997)
- May 23 – Ken Tiler, English former professional footballer
- July 5 – Carlos Caszely, Chilean international footballer
- September 7 – Mário Sérgio Pontes de Paiva, Brazilian international footballer and manager (died 2016)
- October 3 – Luděk Macela, Czech international footballer (died 2016)
- October 24 – Asa Hartford, Scottish international footballer
- November 29 – Dietmar Danner, German international footballer. [2]
Deaths[edit]
October[edit]
- October 5 – Juan Botasso, Argentine Goalkeeper, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (41)
References[edit]
- ^ "Tom Vansittart". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Dietmar Danner". Fussballdaten (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-22.