The following are the

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events of the year 1934 throughout the world.

Events

*January 6: Steve Milton of

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...

sets an English league record by conceding 13 goals on his league debut for the club. The Third Division (North) match finished:

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they were renamed Stockport Co ...

13:0 Halifax Town. *March 3: The highest ever English attendance for a non-Cup Final of 84,569 sees

Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club are an English football club based in Manchester that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football ...

beat

Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

1-0 at

Maine Road Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, the Charity Shield, a League Cup final and England matches. Maine Road's highest a ...

in the sixth round of the

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Winners club national championship

* Argentina: Boca Juniors * France:

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* Iceland: KR * Italy: Juventus * Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam * Poland: Ruch Chorzów * Portugal: FC Porto * Romania:

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* Scotland: **

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Rangers * Spain: Athletic Bilbao * Turkey: Beşiktaş J.K.

International tournaments

Holland - Switzerland - Football World Cup 1934

1934 British Home Championship Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...

(16 September 1933 – 14 April 1934) :: *

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Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

(May 27 – June 10, 1934) *#

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

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Births

* January 21 –

Alfonso Portugal Alfonso Portugal Díaz (21 January 1934 – 12 June 2016) was a Mexican football player, who played as defender for Mexico in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Career Portugal captained Club América to the 1965–66 Mexican Primera División titl ...

, Mexican international footballer (died 2016) * March 23 – Adel Hekal, Egyptian footballer (died 2018) * March 28 – Kazimír Gajdoš, Czechoslovakian international footballer (died 2016) * April 15 – David Herd, Scottish international footballer (died 2016) * April 25 –

Peter McParland Peter James McParland MBE (born 25 April 1934) is a former professional footballer. Club career Dundalk McParland was born in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. He was spotted playing for Dundalk in the League of Ireland by Aston Villa ma ...

, Irish footballer * June 24 –

Ferdinand Biwersi Ferdinand Biwersi (24 June 1934 – 4 September 2013) was a German football referee. Biwersi was a referee for the German Football Association between 1965 and 1978. He refereed 121 games in the Fußball-Bundesliga, and 27 games in the 2. Fu� ...

, German referee (died 2013) * June 28 –

Alfred Pyka Alfred Pyka (28 June 1934 – 10 January 2012) was a German international footballer who played for Westfalia Herne, TSV 1860 München and Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 ...

, German international footballer (died 2012) * July 5 –

Vladislao Cap Vladislao Wenceslao Cap (5 July 1934 – 14 September 1982) was an Argentine football player and manager. As a player he represented his native country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile as a defender. Twelve years later he was the manager of ...

, Argentine international footballer and manager (died 1982) * June 29 ** Malcolm Handscombe, English association footballer ** Bob Wilson, Scottish association football player * July 30 – Engelbert Kraus, German international footballer (died 2016) * August 1 –

Fernand Boone Fernand Boone (1 August 1934 – 11 September 2013) was a Belgian football goalkeeper who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1967 while at Club Brugge. He played 8 times for the national team between 1967 and 1968, starting in a 1-0 friendly win ag ...

, Belgian international footballer (died 2013) * August 17 –

Ron Henry Ronald Patrick Henry (17 August 1934 – 27 December 2014) was a footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, and won one cap for England. His grandson, Ronnie, is also a professional footballer. Club career Henry joined Tottenham in 1952 fro ...

, English international footballer (died 2014) * August 23 – Flavio Emoli, Italian international footballer (died 2015) * August 29 –

Horst Szymaniak Horst "Schimmi" Szymaniak (29 August 1934 – 9 October 2009) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Szymaniak was born in Oer-Erkenschwick. The clubs he played for include: SpVgg Erkenschwick, Wuppertaler SV, Karlsr ...

, German international footballer (died 2009) * October 8 – Martin Lippens, Belgian international footballer (died 2016) * November 14 – Dave Mackay, Scottish international footballer and manager (died 2015) * November 19 –

Kurt Hamrin Kurt Roland "Kurre" Hamrin (; born 19 November 1934) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. He began his career in his home country with AIK, but later played for several Italian clubs, most notably Fiorentina, with w ...

, Swedish international footballer * November 27 –

Ammo Baba Emmanuel Baba Dawud (27 November 1934 – 27 May 2009), better known as Ammo Baba ( ar, عمو بابا, syr, ܥܡܘ ܒܒܐ), was an Iraqi Assyrian football player and coach of the Iraq national football team. He scored the first international ...

, Assyrian soccer player (died 2009) * December 21 –

Ole Madsen Ole Eduard Fischer Madsen (21 December 1934 – 26 March 2006 Camilla Dam ''Danmarks Radio'', 26 March 2006) was a Danish international footballer, who scored 42 goals in 50 matches for the Denmark national team and competed at the 1964 Europe ...

, Danish international footballer (died 2006)

Deaths

* 6 January -

Herbert Chapman Herbert Chapman (19 January 1878 – 6 January 1934) was an English football player and manager. Though he had an undistinguished playing career, he went on to become one of the most influential and successful managers in the early 20th ...

, manager of Arsenal and formerly of

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. Th ...

Established

* Beitar Tal Aviv -

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i club *

Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה, ''Football Club Maccabi Netanya'') is an Israeli football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. Af ...

- Israeli club *

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club

References

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