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events of the year 1951 throughout the world.

Events

Merthyr v Ipswich football match (10870171575)

Winners club national championship

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Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The team has playe ...

* : OGC Nice * :

A.C. Milan Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional Association football, football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 ...

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PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, w ...

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CCA București CCA may refer to: Organisations *Canadian Cat Association *Canadian Cattlemen's Association, an advocacy group for the Canadian beef industry *Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Quebec * Canadian Council on Africa * Center for Contemporar ...

* : Atlético Madrid * :

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern () or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in sev ...

International tournaments

* Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina (25 February – 8 March 1951) ** Gold Medal: ** Silver Medal: ** Bronze Medal: *

1951 Asian Games The 1951 Asian Games ( hi, 1951 एशियाई खेल; Marathi: १९५१ आशियाई खेळ), officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. The Ga ...

New Delhi, India New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House, ...

(5 – 10 March 1951) ** : ** : ** : *

1951 British Home Championship Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United K ...

(7 October 1950 – 14 April 1951) ::

Births

* 18. January – Renato Zaccarelli, Italian international footballer and manager * 14 February – Kevin Keegan, English international footballer and manager * 21 February –

Wolfgang Frank Wolfgang Frank (21 February 1951 – 7 September 2013) was a German football manager and player. Frank was born in Reichenbach an der Fils, and made a total of 215 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career, scoring 89 goals. Fo ...

, German footballer and manager (died 2013) * 4 March – Kenny Dalglish, Scottish international footballer and manager * 11 April –

Jim Holton James Allan Holton (11 April 1951 – 4 October 1993) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre-back. Holton played for Shrewsbury Town, Manchester United, Miami Toros, Sunderland, Coventry City and Detroit Express. He played in 15 in ...

, Scottish international footballer (died 1993) * 2 June – Antonio Benítez, Spanish international footballer (died 2014) * 21 September –

Bruce Arena Bruce Arena (born September 21, 1951) is an American soccer coach who is the head coach and sporting director of the New England Revolution. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and the NJCAA Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Arena has had ...

, American footballer and National Team coach * 23 September –

Harry Lubse Henricus ("Harry") Carolus Gerardus Lubse (born 23 September 1951 in Eindhoven, North Brabant) is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained one international cap for the Dutch national team.. voetbalstats.nl He did so on Sep ...

, Dutch international footballer * 12 October –

István Halász István Halász (12 October 1951 – 4 June 2016) was a Hungarian football midfielder who played for Hungary in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

, Hungarian international footballer (died 2016) * 3 November –

François Bracci François Bracci (born 31 October 1951 in Beinheim) is a French football manager and former player. He obtained a total number of 18 international caps for the France national team. Playing for Olympique de Marseille (1971–1979), he was a me ...

, French international footballer * 9 December –

Dominique Dropsy Dominique Dropsy (9 December 1951 – 7 October 2015) was a French professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 596 Ligue 1 matches over 17 seasons, which stood as a record for several years, and won three national championship ...

, 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 Bernard ("Ben") Willem Jan Verweij (31 August 1895 in Medan, Sumatra – 14 July 1951 in Amsterdam) was a football (soccer) player from the Netherlands, who represented his home country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1920. At ...

(55), Dutch footballer (born 1895)

November

* 13 November –

Walter de Souza Goulart Walter de Souza Goulart (17 July 1912 – 13 November 1951), known as just Walter, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Brazil national team at the 1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third ...

, Brazilian goalkeeper, semi-finalist at the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...

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