1951 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1951 throughout the world.

Events
Category:Association football clubs established in 1951

Winners club national championship

 * 🇦🇷: Racing Club
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
 * 🇫🇷: OGC Nice
 * 🇮🇹: A.C. Milan
 * : PSV Eindhoven
 * 🇷🇴: CCA București
 * 🇪🇸: Atlético Madrid
 * : 1. FC Kaiserslautern

International tournaments

 * Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina (25 February – 8 March 1951)
 * Gold Medal: 🇦🇷 argentina
 * Silver Medal: 🇨🇷 costa rica
 * Bronze Medal: 🇨🇱 chile
 * 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India (5 – 10 March 1951)
 * : 🇮🇳 india
 * : 🇮🇷 iran
 * : 🇯🇵 japan
 * 1950–51 British Home Championship (7 October 1950 – 14 April 1951)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scotland

Births

 * 1 January – Dante Garro, Argentine club footballer and manager (died 2008)
 * 18 January – Renato Zaccarelli, Italian international footballer and manager.
 * 14 February – Kevin Keegan, English international footballer and manager.
 * 21 February – Wolfgang Frank, German footballer and manager (died 2013)
 * 4 March – Kenny Dalglish, Scottish international footballer and manager
 * 11 April – Jim Holton, Scottish international footballer (died 1993)
 * 2 June – Antonio Benítez, Spanish international footballer (died 2014)
 * 21 September – Bruce Arena, American soccer player and coach.
 * 23 September – Harry Lubse, Dutch international footballer
 * 12 October – István Halász, Hungarian international footballer (died 2016)
 * 3 November – François Bracci, French international footballer
 * 9 December – Dominique Dropsy, French international footballer (died 2015)
 * 17 December – Jed Reilly, Scottish former footballer

January

 * 26 January - Henri Bard, French footballer (born 1892)

May

 * 9 May - Leo Bosschart, Dutch footballer (born 1888)

July

 * 14 July - Ben Verweij (55), Dutch footballer (born 1895)

November

 * 13 November – Walter de Souza Goulart, Brazilian goalkeeper, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup (born 1912)