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 France: Olympique de Marseille Italy: Bologna Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción Poland: Cracovia Romania: Venus București Scotland: Scottish Cup: Celtic Soviet Union: see 1937 in Soviet football Turkey: Fenerbahçe Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Građanski Zagreb 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) February 3 – Alex Young Scottish international footballer (died 2017) March 13 – Antonio Betancort, Spanish international footballer (died 2015) May 16 – Antonio Rattín, Argentine international footballer June 1 – Ezio Pascutti, Italian international footballer (died 2017) June 27 – Jules Accorsi, French football player and manager June 29 – Yair Nossovsky, Israeli footballer July 6 – Ernesto Figueiredo, Portuguese footballer July 9 – Josef Vacenovský, Czech forward July 12 Fritz Kehl, Swiss football defender František Valošek, Czech football player July 20 – Ilie Datcu, Romanian goalkeeper and coach 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 8 Peter Brabrook, English international footballer (died 2016) Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2019) November 10 – Zdeněk Zikán, Czech football player (d. 2013) 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 (died 2019) References Association football by year