1936 in association football

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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
• Sunderland
• RC Paris
• Bologna
• Feyenoord Rotterdam
• Olimpia Asunción
• Poland: Ruch Chorzów
• Romania: Ripensia Timișoara
• Scotland:
  • Division One: Celtic F.C.
  • Scottish Cup: Rangers F.C.^[1]
• Spain: Athletic Bilbao
• Soviet Union: see 1936 in Soviet football

International tournaments

• 1936 British Home Championship
  (October 5, 1935 – April 4, 1936)

 England

• Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany (August 3 – 15 1936)
  1.  Italy
  2.  Austria
  3.  Norway

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