1936 in association football

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
• England: Sunderland
• France: RC Paris
• Italy: Bologna
• Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
• Paraguay: 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

1. "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
2. Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890–1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 42. ISBN   0-907033-34-2.
3. "John McTurk". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
4. "Eddie Werge". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
5. "Ken Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
6. "Les Dodds". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 January 2024.