1946 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1946 throughout the world.

Events

League and Cup competitions resume in the United Kingdom for the first time since the start of the Second World War in 1939.

January 26 – Mansour Pourheidari, Iranian international footballer, coach and manager (died 2016)
February 2 – Gerrie Mühren, Dutch international footballer (died 2013)
February 4 – Chris Kronshorst, Dutch former professional footballer^[2]
February 17 – Tahar Chaïbi, Tunisian international footballer (died 2014)
February 22 – Kresten Bjerre, Danish international footballer (died 2014)
April 3
- Pedro García Barros, Chilean footballer and manager
- Loek Cohen, Dutch former professional footballer^[3]
May 8 – Haydn Jones, Welsh professional footballer (died 2010)^[4]
May 22 – George Best, Northern Ireland international footballer (died 2005)
May 29 – Héctor Yazalde, Argentinian footballer (died 1997)
June 18 – Ray Treacy, Irish international footballer (died 2015)
July 1 – Slobodan Santrač, Yugoslavian international footballer and manager (died 2016)
August 27 – Carlos Veglio, Argentine international footballer
September 3 – Dirceu Lopes, Brazilian international footballer
September 11 – John Roberts, Welsh international footballer (died 2016)
September 18 – Joel Camargo, Brazilian international footballer (died 2014)
October 5 – Mick Harrity, English former footballer^[5]
October 6 – Lothar Prehn, German footballer^[6]

^ "Argentina - Torneo Competencia "George VI" - 1946". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
^ "Chris Kronshorst". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
^ "Loek Cohen". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "1946 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
^ "Mick Harrity". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^ 1946 in association football at WorldFootball.net

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