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5 January– Fonseca e Castro, Portuguese footballer [2] 22 January– Harry Swaby, English professional footballer (died 1982) [3] 7 March – Len Hargreaves, English professional footballer (died 1980) [4] 1 May – Fernando Giudicelli, Brazilian international footballer (died 1968) 30 July – Alexis Thépot, French international footballer ...
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The history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back to at least medieval times. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] FIFA cites Cuju in ancient China is the earliest form of a kicking game for which there is scientific evidence, a military manual from the Han dynasty , and it closely resembles modern association football.
1906 domestic association football cups (2 C, 3 P) Association football clubs disestablished in 1906 (7 P) Association football clubs established in 1906 (152 P)
West Germany defeats Belgium 2–1 in the final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome to take the European Football Championship. 1981 in football; The Football League begins awarding three points for a win instead of two. In Uruguay, to celebrate the 50 years of the World Cup, the 1980 Mundialito is organize; won by the hosts. 1982 in football
College championship. College football national championship – Princeton Tigers and Yale Bulldogs (shared); Events. 31 March — the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) is established to set rules for amateur sports in the United States, including revisions to American football rules that legalise the forward pass.
FIFA (French: Fédération Internationale de Football Association) is an international self-regulatory governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer. It is one of the world's oldest and largest NGOs, being founded on 21 May 1904. [1] It has since expanded to include 211 member associations and is governed by a set of ...
[1] 15 March – Rolls-Royce Limited is registered as a car manufacturer. 22 March – first international rugby match. England defeats France 25–8. [2] 21 April – Manchester United F.C., known as Newton Heath until four years ago, secure promotion to the Football League First Division. [3]