The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1950 throughout the world. Events Olympique Lyon is founded RoPS Rovaniemi is founded Winners club national championship : Racing Club : Bordeaux : VfB Stuttgart : KR : Juventus : Flamura Roșie Arad : Atlético Madrid : Fenerbahçe, Göztepe International tournaments 1950 British Home Championship (October 1, 1949 – May 25, 1950) FIFA World Cup in Brazil (June 24 – July 16, 1950) Births January 1 – Tony Currie, English footballer January 2 – Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach (died 2017) January 13 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian international footballer and manager (died 2014) February 28 – Gerdo Hazelhekke, Dutch footballer April 3 – Petar Nikezić, Yugoslavian-Serbian international footballer (died 2014) April 8 – Grzegorz Lato, Polish international footballer April 20 – Tommy Berggren, Swedish footballer (died 2012) May 1 – Danny McGrain, Scottish international footballer May 5 – Brian Alderson, Scottish footballer (died 1997) May 23 – Ken Tiler, English former professional footballer July 5 – Carlos Caszely, Chilean international footballer September 7 – Mário Sérgio Pontes de Paiva, Brazilian international footballer and manager (died 2016) October 3 – Luděk Macela, Czech international footballer (died 2016) October 24 – Asa Hartford, Scottish international footballer November 29 – Dietmar Danner, German international footballer Deaths October October 5 – Juan Botasso, Argentine Goalkeeper, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (41) References Association football by year