1937 in association football

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Overview of the events of 1937 in association football

Years in association football

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* 1939
* 1940 →

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1937 in sports

* Air sports
* American football
* Aquatic sports
* Association football
* Athletics
* Australian rules football
* Badminton
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* Basketball
* Canadian football
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* Climbing
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* Sumo
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* Cycling
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* Field hockey
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* Golf
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* Handball
* Ice hockey
* Ice sports
* Korfball
* Lumberjack sports
* Mind sports
* Modern pentathlon
* Motorsport
* Orienteering
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* Precision sports
* Shooting
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* Sailing
* Skiing
* Speedway
* Rugby league‎
* Rugby union
* Snooker
* 1936–37
* 1937–38
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following are the football events of 1937 throughout the world.

## Events

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* May 2 - Puck van Heel becomes Holland's most capped player when he plays his 57th match for the Netherlands national football team against Belgium. Van Heel earned 64 caps during his career.
* Foundation of Air Force Central F.C.
* Sunderland AFC win the FA cup final.

## Winners club national championship

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* Argentina: River Plate
* France: Olympique de Marseille
* Italy: Bologna
* Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
* Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
* Poland: Cracovia
* Romania: Venus București
* Scotland:
* Scottish Cup: Celtic[1]
* Soviet Union: see 1937 in Soviet football
* Turkey: Fenerbahçe
* Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Građanski Zagreb

## International tournaments

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* 1937 British Home Championship (October 31, 1936 - April 17, 1937)

Wales

* 1937 South American Championship (December 27, 1936 - February 1, 1937)

Argentina

## Births

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* January 1 - Vlatko Marković, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2013)
* February 3 - Alex Young Scottish international footballer (died 2017)
* March 13 - Antonio Betancort, Spanish international footballer (died 2015)
* May 16 - Antonio Rattín, Argentine international footballer
* June 1 - Ezio Pascutti, Italian international footballer (died 2017)
* June 27 - Jules Accorsi, French football player and manager
* June 29 - Yair Nossovsky, Israeli footballer
* July 6 - Ernesto Figueiredo, Portuguese footballer
* July 9 - Josef Vacenovský, Czech forward
* July 12
* Fritz Kehl, Swiss football defender
* František Valošek, Czech football player
* July 20 - Ilie Datcu, Romanian goalkeeper and coach
* August 9 - Hans Nowak, German international footballer (died 2012)
* August 19 - Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish international footballer and manager (died 2014)
* August 22 - Gennadi Matveyev, Soviet international footballer (died 2014)
* October 14 - Ron Routledge, English professional footballer[2]
* November 8
* Peter Brabrook, English international footballer (died 2016)
* Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2019)
* November 10 – Zdeněk Zikán, Czech football player (d. 2013)
* November 20 - Pim van de Meent, Dutch footballer and manager
* December 6 - Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-Uruguayan footballer (died 2006)
* December 20 - Gordon Banks, English international footballer (died 2019)

## References

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1. ^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
2. ^ "Ron Routledge". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

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