football (soccer)
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Olympiacos
Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...
* Hungary:
Újpest FC
Újpest Football Club () is a Hungarian professional football club, based in Újpest, Budapest, that competes in Nemzeti Bajnokság I.
Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in 1905 and has been relegat ...
League of Ireland
The League of Ireland ( ga, Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising association football in the Republic of Ireland. The term was originally use ...
Garbarnia Kraków
K.S. Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinów, a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club's name comes from the nearby tannery () of the Dłużyński brothers, which was the original club sponsor. Garbarni ...
* Scotland:
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Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Celtic
* Soviet Union:
Russia
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1931 British Home Championship
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
(October 20, 1930 – April 22, 1931)
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* Baltic Cup 1931 in
Estonia
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(August 30 - September 1, 1931)
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* 1929-32 Nordic Football Championship (June 14, 1929 – September 25, 1932) 1931: (May 25 - October 11, 1931)
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:: (1929-1932)
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Balkan Cup 1929-31
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(October 6, 1929 – November 29, 1931)
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* Balkan Cup 1931 in
Bulgaria
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(September 30 - October 4, 1931)
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Births
* January 9: Ángel Berni, Paraguayan footballer (died 2017)
* January 18:
André Piters
André Piters (18 January 1931 – 23 October 2014) was a Belgian footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Piters played club football for Herve, Standard Liège, Olympic de Charleroi and Fortuna 54.
He earned a total of 23 caps for Belgi ...
, Belgian international footballer (died 2014)
* February 9:
Josef Masopust
Josef Masopust (9 February 1931 – 29 June 2015) was a Czech football player and coach. He played as midfielder and was a key player for Czechoslovakia, helping them reach the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final. He was capped 63 times, scoring ten g ...
, Czechoslovak international footballer and manager (died 2015)
* February 14: Newton de Sordi, Brazilian international footballer (died 2013)
* February 16: Bobby Collins, Scottish international footballer (died 2014)
* March 1: Arne Pedersen, Norwegian international footballer (died 2013)
* May 16:
Vujadin Boškov
Vujadin Boškov ( sr-cyr, Вујадин Бошков, ; 16 May 1931 – 27 April 2014) was a Serbian footballer and manager.
A midfielder, he played 57 matches for the Yugoslav national team. He experienced his greatest success as a coach in 1 ...
, Yugoslav international football player and coach (died 2014)
* June 13: Jean-Jacques Marcel, French international footballer (died 2014)
* June 28: Aleksandar Ivoš, Serbian footballer (died 2020)
* July 5: Gerd Lauck, German footballer (died 2005)
* August 2: Yuri Kuznetsov, Soviet international footballer (died 2016)
* August 5:
Billy Bingham
William Laurence Bingham (5 August 1931 – 9 June 2022) was a Northern Ireland international footballer and football manager.
As a player, his first professional club was Glentoran, whom he played for between 1948 and 1950. Making the move ...
, Northern Irish international footballer and manager (died 2022)
* September 19: Hiroto Muraoka, Japanese football player (died 2017)
* October 13: Raymond Kopa, French international footballer (died 2017)
* November 6:
Pál Várhidi
Pál Várhidi (born Pál Vinkovics; 6 November 1931 – 12 November 2015) was a Hungarian football player and a manager.
Playing career
Club
He played for Újpesti Dózsa as a defender and helped the club win the Hungarian League in 1959/60. ...
, Hungarian international footballer and manager (died 2015)
* December 27:
John Charles
William John Charles (27 December 1931 – 21 February 2004) was a Welsh footballer who played as a centre-forward or as a centre-back. Best known for his first stint at Leeds United and Juventus, he was rated by many as the greatest all-ro ...
, Welsh international footballer (died 2004)
Deaths
* 5 September: John Thomson, Scottish international footballer (born 1909)