1945 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1945 throughout the world.

Events[edit]

Winners club national championship[edit]

Births[edit]

  • 20 January – Børge Bach, Danish international footballer (died 2016)
  • 14 February – Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2013)
  • 24 March – Dumitru Antonescu, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
  • 3 April – Gary Sprake, Welsh international footballer (died 2016)
  • 1 March – Fidel Uriarte, Spanisch international footballer (died 2016)
  • 14 March – Jimmy Tugman, English former professional footballer[4]
  • 12 May – Alan Ball, English international footballer (died 2007)
  • 14 May – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli international footballer
  • 12 June – Pat Jennings, Northern Irish international footballer
  • 14 July – Pablo Forlán, Uruguayan international footballer
  • 17 July – Nibaldo Alegre, Chilean former football player[5]
  • 13 August – Les Barratt, English former professional footballer[6]
  • 11 September – Franz Beckenbauer, German international footballer and manager (died 2024)
  • 20 October – Romeo Benetti, Italian international footballer
  • 11 November – Odd Iversen, Norwegian international footballer (died 2014)
  • 6 December – Chris Dekker, Dutch footballer and manager

Deaths[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Austria 1944/45". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  2. ^ ‘Association Football – Plans for Next Season’; The Times, 26 July 1945, p. 8
  3. ^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Jimmy Tugman". barryhugmansfootballers.com. Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Nibaldo ALEGRE". memoriawanderers.cl (in Spanish). Memoria Wanderers. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Les Barratt". barryhugmansfootballers.com. Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 February 2024.