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.
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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