Arthur Drewry
Arthur Drewry President of FIFA | |
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In office 7 October 1955 – 25 March 1961 | |
Preceded by | Rodolphe Seeldrayers |
Succeeded by | Ernst Thommen (as acting) Stanley Rous (elected) |
Member of the Grimsby Borough Council[clarification needed] | |
In office ?–? | |
Personal details | |
Born | Grimsby, England | 3 March 1891
Died | 25 March 1961 | (aged 70)
Spouse | Ida May (m. 1919) |
Children | 2 |
Occupation | Football administrator |
Arthur Drewry
Biography
Drewry was born in
In 1911 Drewry joined the Lincolnshire Yeomanry and served in the
English football administration
Drewry's career in football administration began with his serving as a director of
Drewry played a significant role in the 1950 game between England and the United States in which the English lost 1–0 to the rank outsiders in the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Belo Horizonte.[6] The English national coach, Walter Winterbottom, had wanted to rest some players for the next game against Spain, but was over-ruled by Drewry, acting as sole selector, who chose an unchanged team from their last game, a 2–0 win against Chile.[6] Stanley Rous, Drewry's secretary at the FA, visited him and urged him to include Stanley Matthews and make other changes to the team, but Drewry was adamant in his desire to keep an unchanged team.[7] After the loss against the United States, Drewry acquiesced to four changes to the team, but England lost their next game to Spain 1–0, and as a result were eliminated from the tournament.[7][8]
In 1953 Coronation Honours, Drewry appointed a Commander of Order of the British Empire (CBE).[9]
Following the
In his capacity as chair of the FA, Drewry was one of six football officials sued by five Sunderland players who were suspended in 1957 for refusing to answer questions about possible illegal payments.[13] Stanley Rous served as Drewry's secretary at the FA.[14] Drewry and Rous travelled to Switzerland in 1945, to the headquarters of FIFA to successfully negotiate for the re-admittance of the British Home Nations to FIFA.[2]
President of FIFA
Drewry had been appointed the vice-president of FIFA by
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Our Association Football Correspondent. "Mr. Arthur Drewry." The Times, London, 27 March 1961, pg 19.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8166-3383-8.
- ^ Our Association Football Correspondent. "Hazards of the Cup Final.", The Times, London, 7 May 1955, pg. 6
- ^ Geoffrey Green Football Correspondent. "Football" The Times, London, 23 August 1975, pg. 21
- ^ Geoffrey Green, Football Correspondent. "Bonus points for goals in new U.S. league." The Times, London, 22 March 1967, pg. 8
- ^ a b The Guardian, London, 20 March 2003, pg 63.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-78219-377-7.
- ISBN 978-0-19-160701-1.
- ^ "No. 39863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1953. p. 2954.
- ^ The Manchester Guardian, Manchester, 1 April 1958, pg. 12
- ^ Our own Reporter, The Manchester Guardian, Manchester, 11 October 1958, 1
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ The Guardian, London, 10 October 1959, pg. 2
- ^ ISBN 978-1-134-44438-0.
- ^ "FIFA Presidents". FIFA. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2014.