1937 in association football
The following are the football events of 1937 throughout the world.
Events
- May 2 – Puck van Heel becomes Holland's most capped player when he plays his 57th match for the Netherlands national football team against Belgium. Van Heel earned 64 caps during his career.
- Foundation of Air Force Central F.C.
- Sunderland AFC win the FA cup final.
Winners club national championship
- Argentina: River Plate
- Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
- Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
- Poland: Cracovia
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Građanski Zagreb
- Turkey: Fenerbahçe
- France: Olympique de Marseille
International tournaments
- 1937 British Home Championship (October 31, 1936 – April 17, 1937)
- 1937 South American Championship (December 27, 1936 – February 1, 1937)
Births
- January 1 – Vlatko Marković, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2013)
- March 13 – Antonio Betancort, Spanish international footballer (died 2015)
- May 16 – Antonio Rattín, Argentine international footballer
- August 9 – Hans Nowak, German international footballer (died 2012)
- August 19 – Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish international footballer and manager (died 2014)
- August 22 – Gennadi Matveyev, Soviet international footballer (died 2014)
- November 20 – Pim van de Meent, Dutch footballer and manager
- December 6 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-Uruguayan footballer (died 2006)
- December 20 – Gordon Banks, English international footballer
Deaths
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