The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1928 throughout the world. Events 29 August – Honduran club C.D. Motagua was established. Winners club national championship Argentina: Huracán Belgium: R. Antwerp F.C. Denmark: B93 England: Everton F.C. Greece: Aris Thessaloniki F.C. Iceland: KR Italy: Torino F.C. Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Građanski Zagreb Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción Poland: Wisła Kraków Scotland: Division One: Rangers F.C. Scottish Cup: Rangers F.C. International tournaments 1928 British Home Championship (October 22, 1927 – March 31, 1928) Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands (May 27 – June 13, 1928) Baltic Cup 1928 in Estonia (July 25–27, 1928) 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1928: (June 7 - October 7, 1928) (1928) (1924-1928) Births January 13 – Bengt Gustavsson, Swedish international footballer and manager (died 2017) January 13 – William Martínez, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1997) January 25 – Cor van der Hart, Dutch international footballer (died 2006) February 23 – André Strappe, French international footballer (died 2006) February 29 – Gustau Biosca, Spanish international footballer and manager (died 2014) March 12 – Gerhard Harpers, German international footballer (died 2016) March 19 – Åke Johansson, Swedish international footballer (died 2014) May 29 – Harald Hennum, Norwegian international footballer (died 1993) July 1 – Karim Allawi Homaidi, Iraqi footballer July 11 – Marcos Calderón, Peruvian football coach (died 1987) July 22 – Jimmy Hill, English footballer and broadcaster (died 2015) July 25 – Jimmy Jones, Northern Irish international footballer (died 2014) August 14 – Gunnar Andersson, Swedish-born French club player (died 1969) September 9 – Fritz Herkenrath, German international goalkeeper (died 2016) September 23 – Santiago Vernazza, Argentine footballer (died 2017) September 29 – Mihály Lantos, Hungarian international footballer and manager (died 1989) October 8: Didi, Brazilian international footballer (died 2001) October 19 – Mustapha Zitouni, French-Algerian international footballer (died 2014) October 28 – Lawrie Reilly, Scottish international footballer (died 2014) October 30 – Raúl Cárdenas, Mexican international footballer (died 2016) November 26 – Károly Sándor, Hungarian international footballer (died 2014) Deaths References Association football by year