The following are the

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events of the year 1951 throughout the world.

Events

:Association football clubs established in 1951

Winners club national championship

* : Racing Club * : Tottenham Hotspur F.C. * : OGC Nice * : A.C. Milan * : PSV Eindhoven * : CCA București * : Atlético Madrid * : 1. FC Kaiserslautern

International tournaments

* Pan American Games in

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, Argentina (25 February – 8 March 1951) ** Gold Medal: ** Silver Medal: ** Bronze Medal: * 1951 Asian Games in

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, India (5 – 10 March 1951) ** : ** : ** : * 1950–51 British Home Championship (7 October 1950 – 14 April 1951) ::

Births

* 1 January – Dante Garro, Argentine club footballer and manager (died 2008) * 2 January – Terry Stanley, English former professional footballer * 18 January – Renato Zaccarelli, Italian international footballer and manager. * 14 February – Kevin Keegan, English international footballer and manager. * 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. * 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) * 17 December – Jed Reilly, Scottish former footballer

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)

Reference

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