1926 in association football explained
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1926 throughout the world.
Events
PAOK FC was founded in Thessaloniki, Greece.SC Lourinhanense was founded in Lisbon, Portugal.
Winners club national championship
EPSA (Athens) Panathinaikos
EPSP (Pireas)Olympiacos
EPSM (Thessaloniki) Aris
EPSP (Patras) A.P.S. Olympiakos Patras
Celtic F.C.
St. Mirren F.C.[1]
International tournaments
(1926)
(1924-1928)
Births
- January 22 - Otto Hemele, Czech international footballer (died 2001)
- February 4 - Gyula Grosics, Hungarian international football player and manager (died 2014)
- May 1 - Doug Cowie, Scottish international footballer (died 2021)
- May 5 - Víctor Ugarte, Bolivian international footballer (died 1995)
- May 27 - Kees Rijvers, Dutch football player and manager (died 2024)
- June 2 - Pat Hewson, English former footballer (died 2017)
- June 19 - Juan Hohberg, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1996)
- June 19 - Julio Pérez, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2002)
- July 4 - Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish international footballer and coach (died 2014)
- September 29 - Harry Hart, English professional footballer (died 2012)
- December 19 - René Pascucci, Luxembourgian footballer (died 2018)[2]
- December 22 - Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2015)
Clubs founded
Notes and References
- Web site: Scottish Cup Past Winners Scottish Cup Scottish FA . www.scottishfa.co.uk . 17 December 2022.
- Web site: René Pascucci . worldfootball.net . 24 October 2021.