1956 in association football explained

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1956 throughout the world.

Events

November 3 - Dutch club Rapid JC makes its European debut with a defeat (3-4) on home soil against Yugoslavia's Red Star Belgrade in the second round of the European Cup.
Foundation of Royal Thai Navy F.C.

Winners club national championship

International tournaments

Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia (November 24 - December 8, 1956)^[1]
1. - 1. - 1956 British Home Championship (October 22, 1955 - April 14, 1956)

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Births

January

January 16: Martin Jol (Dutch footballer and manager)
January 17: Faouzi Mansouri (Algerian footballer) (died 2022)
January 31: Stefan Majewski (Polish footballer)

February

February 14: Reinhold Hintermaier (Austrian footballer)
February 18: Rüdiger Abramczik (German footballer)
February 21: Alan Hart, English former professional footballer
February 25: Davie Cooper (Scottish footballer) (died 1995)
February 28: Jimmy Nicholl (Northern Irish footballer)
February 29: Allan Marley (English former professional footballer)

March

March 3: Zbigniew Boniek, Polish international footballer
March 4: Philippe Mahut, French international footballer (died 2014)
March 12: László Kiss, Hungarian footballer
March 12: Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2019)
March 15: Gilberto Yearwood, Honduran footballer
March 24: Włodzimierz Ciołek, Polish footballer
March 29: Ferenc Csongrádi, Hungarian footballer
March 29: Dick Jol, Dutch football referee

April

April 12: František Jakubec; Czech international footballer (died 2016)

May

May 3: Bernd Förster (German international footballer)
May 15: Ken Ayres (English former professional footballer)^[2]
May 19: Jan Fiala (Czech footballer)

June

June 5: Martin Koopman (Dutch footballer)
June 12: David Narey (Scottish footballer)
June 22: Jean-Paul Defrang (Luxembourgian footballer)^[3]
June 26: Maxime Bossis (French footballer)

July

July 15: Emmanuel Kunde (Cameroonian footballer)
July 20: Thomas N'Kono (Cameroonian footballer)
July 29: Jean-Luc Ettori (French footballer)

August

August 16: Patricio Hernández (Argentinian footballer)
August 27: Jean-François Larios (French footballer)
August 29: Viv Anderson (English footballer)

September

September 7: Tony Mitchell, English former professional footballer
September 8: Jacky Munaron (Belgian footballer)
September 14
- Béla Bodonyi (Hungarian footballer)
- Ray Wilkins (English footballer) (died 2018)
September 23: Paolo Rossi (Italian footballer) (died 2020)
September 30: Frank Arnesen (Danish footballer)

October

October 10: Raúl Gorriti, Peruvian international footballer (died 2015)
October 28: Frank Vercauteren (Belgian international footballer)

November

November 4: Jan Korte (Dutch footballer and manager)
November 10: José Luis Brown Argentine international footballer, (died 2019)
November 16: Max Hagmayr (Austrian footballer)
November 18: Noel Brotherston (Northern Irish footballer) (died 1995)

December

December 6: Klaus Allofs (German footballer)
December 9: Oscar Garré (Argentine footballer)
December 10: Jan van Dijk (Dutch footballer and manager)
December 11: Ricardo Giusti (Argentine footballer)

Deaths

August

August 12 – Gianpiero Combi, 53, Italian goalkeeper, captaining winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and one of Italy's greatest goalkeepers of all-time.

October

October 16 - Jules Rimet, 83, 3rd president of FIFA.
October 24 - Tom Whittaker, 58, Arsenal manager, heart attack

External links

Olympic Football Tournament Melbourne 1956, FIFA.com
RSSSF Archive

Notes and References

https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensolympic/melbourne1956/match-center Olympic Football Tournament Melbourne 1956
Book: Purkiss. Mike. Sands. Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. 1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. 316. 0907969542.
Web site: Jean-Paul Defrang . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 19 February 2024 . en.