Events

• September 21 – East Germany
  East Germany national football team
  The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany....
  
   plays its first ever international match, losing 3-0 to Poland
  Poland national football team
  The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
  
   in Warsaw
  Warsaw
  Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
  
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Winners club national championship

International tournaments

• 1952 British Home Championship
  1952 British Home Championship
  The 1952 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1951/52 season. In an unusual conclusion, Wales shared the championship with England, one of only four tournaments Wales would share victory in post-war...
  
   (October 6, 1951 – April 5, 1952)

Shared by and

• Olympic Games
  Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  The 1952 Olympic football tournament signalled the arrival of the 'Golden Team'; the 'Magical Magyars': Hungary. Ferenc Puskás, the great Hungarian known as the 'Galloping Major' for his military title, said of the 1952 competition: "It was during the Olympics that our football first started to...
  
   in Helsinki, Finland (July 15 – August 2, 1952)

Births

• February 2 – Fernando Morena
  Fernando Morena
  Fernando Morena Belora is a retired football striker from Uruguay. His most known nicknames were "Nando" and "Potrillo", and he is the all-time top goalscorer in the history of the Uruguayan Primera with 230 goals in 244 games...
  
  , Uruguayan footballer
• March 20 – Steve Whitworth
  Steve Whitworth
  Stephen "Steve" Whitworth is an English former professional footballer who made nearly 600 appearances in the Football League playing for Leicester City, Sunderland, Bolton Wanderers and Mansfield Town. He was capped seven times for England.-Club career:Whitworth was born in Coalville,...
  
  , English footballer
• May 2 – Martin Haar
  Martin Haar
  Martin Haar is a retired football defender from the Netherlands, who is the current serving as assistant coach at AZ Alkmaar. He played for Go Ahead Eagles , HFC Haarlem , AZ '67 , HFC Haarlem , Sparta Rotterdam and FC Wageningen...
  
  , Dutch footballer and assistant-coach
• May 17 – Jorge Olguin
  Jorge Olguín
  Jorge Mario Olguín is a retired Argentine footballer.He is perhaps most famous for having been part of the 1978 World Cup winning team.Since his retirement as a player he has managed a number of football clubs....
  
  , Argentine footballer
• May 19 – Bert van Marwijk
  Bert van Marwijk
  Bert van Marwijk OON is the coach of the Netherlands national football team. He also played for Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV, Fortuna Sittard, and other clubs, as well as for the Dutch national team. In 1982, he began his transition into coaching, retiring as a player in 1988 and becoming a full time...
  
  , Dutch footballer and coach
• August 2 – Alain Giresse, French footballer and coach
• August 3 – Osvaldo Ardiles
  Osvaldo Ardiles
  Osvaldo César Ardiles , often referred to in Britain as Ossie Ardiles, is a football coach, pundit and former midfielder who won the 1978 World Cup as part of the Argentine national team...
  
  , Argentinian footballer and coach
• August 7 – Kees Kist, Dutch footballer
• November 5 – Harry Schellekens
  Harry Schellekens
  Harry Schellekens is a former football goalkeeper, who played for NEC Nijmegen, FC Groningen and Vitesse Arnhem. Once he was a reserve player for the Netherlands national football team, on May 30, 1975 against Yugoslavia in Belgrade.-References:...
  
  , Dutch footballer
• November 17 – Roman Ogaza
  Roman Ogaza
  Roman Grzegorz Ogaza was a Polish football player.-Life and work:Roman Ogaza was born 17 November in Katowice. He was a striker...
  
  , Polish footballer
• November 25 – Gabriele Oriali
  Gabriele Oriali
  Gabriele Oriali is a former football player from Italy, who mainly played defensive midfield but could also play as defender.-Playing career:...
  
  , Italian footballer
• December 15 – Allan Simonsen
  Allan Simonsen
  Allan Rodenkam Simonsen is a former Danish footballer and manager. He most prominently played for German team Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcelona from Spain, winning the 1982 Cup WInners' Cup...
  
  , Danish footballer