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

•  Argentina: Racing Club
•  England: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
•  France: OGC Nice
•  Italy: A.C. Milan
•  Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven
•  Romania: CCA București
•  Spain: Atlético Madrid
•  West Germany: 1. FC Kaiserslautern

International tournaments

• Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina (25 February – 8 March 1951)
  • Gold Medal:  Argentina
  • Silver Medal:  Costa Rica
  • Bronze Medal:  Chile
• 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India (5 – 10 March 1951)
  • :  India
  • :  Iran
  • :  Japan
• 1950–51 British Home Championship (7 October 1950 – 14 April 1951)

 Scotland

Births

• 1 January – Dante Garro, Argentine club footballer and manager (died 2008)
• 18 January – Renato Zaccarelli, Italian international footballer and manager.^[1]
• 14 February – Kevin Keegan, English international footballer and manager.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• 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)

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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