The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1931 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship
International tournaments
:Shared by and
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: (1931)
: (1929–1932)
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Births
- January 9: ÃÂngel Berni, Paraguayan footballer (died 2017)
- January 18: André Piters, Belgian international footballer (died 2014)
- February 9: Josef Masopust, Czechoslovak international footballer and manager (died 2015)
- February 14: Newton de Sordi, Brazilian international footballer (died 2013)
- February 16: Bobby Collins, Scottish international footballer (died 2014)
- March 1: Arne Pedersen, Norwegian international footballer (died 2013)
- May 16: Vujadin BoÃ
¡kov, Yugoslav international football player and coach (died 2014)
- June 13: Jean-Jacques Marcel, French international footballer (died 2014)
- June 28: Aleksandar IvoÃ
¡, Serbian footballer (died 2020)
- July 5: Gerd Lauck, German footballer (died 2005)
- August 2: Yuri Kuznetsov, Soviet international footballer (died 2016)
- August 5: Billy Bingham, Northern Irish international footballer and manager (died 2022)
- September 19: Hiroto Muraoka, Japanese football player (died 2017)
- October 7: David Williams, English professional footballer
- October 13: Raymond Kopa, French international footballer (died 2017)
- November 6: Pál Várhidi, Hungarian international footballer and manager (died 2015)
- November 27: Ken Jenkin, English professional footballer
- December 27: John Charles, Welsh international footballer (died 2004)
Deaths
- 5 September: John Thomson, Scottish international footballer (born 1909)
References