1946 in association football explained

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1946 throughout the world.

Events

League and Cup competitions resume in the United Kingdom for the first time since the start of the Second World War in 1939.

January 26 - Mansour Pourheidari, Iranian international footballer, coach and manager (died 2016)
February 2 - Gerrie Mühren, Dutch international footballer (died 2013)
February 4 - Chris Kronshorst, Dutch former professional footballer^[2]
February 17 - Tahar Chaïbi, Tunisian international footballer (died 2014)
February 22 - Kresten Bjerre, Danish international footballer (died 2014)
April 3
- Pedro García Barros, Chilean footballer and manager
- Loek Cohen, Dutch former professional footballer^[3]
May 8 - Haydn Jones, Welsh professional footballer (died 2010)
May 22 - George Best, Northern Ireland international footballer (died 2005)
May 29 - Héctor Yazalde, Argentinian footballer (died 1997)
June 18 - Ray Treacy, Irish international footballer (died 2015)
July 1 - Slobodan Santrač, Yugoslavian international footballer and manager (died 2016)
August 27 - Carlos Veglio, Argentine international footballer
September 3 - Dirceu Lopes, Brazilian international footballer
September 11 - John Roberts, Welsh international footballer (died 2016)
September 18 - Joel Camargo, Brazilian international footballer (died 2014)
October 5 - Mick Harrity, English former footballer
October 6 - Lothar Prehn, German footballer

Web site: Argentina - Torneo Competencia "George VI" - 1946 . 2023-05-12 . www.rsssf.org.
Web site: Chris Kronshorst . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 November 2023 . en.
Web site: Loek Cohen . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 25 January 2024 . en.