1905 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1905 throughout the world.
Events
- Leeds City F.C. admitted to the English Football League.
- On February 19, Alf Common becomes the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000 (a 2011 equivalent of roughly £95,000), in a transfer from Sunderland A.F.C. to Middlesbrough F.C.
Clubs formed in 1905
- Charlton Athletic Football Club
- Crystal Palace Football Club
- Chelsea Football Club
- Club Atletico Boca Juniors
- Galatasaray SK - Turkey
- Sport Club do Recife - Brazil
- ADO Den Haag - Netherlands
- A.C. Perugia Calcio - Italy
- 1. FSV Mainz 05 - Germany
Winners club national championship
International tournaments
- 1905 British Home Championship (February 25 – April 8, 1905)
Births
- January 18 – Enrique Ballesteros, Uruguayan footballer
- March 17 – William Bell, English footballer[2]
- May 6 – Billy Dixon, English professional footballer (died 1956)[3]
- May 11 – Pedro Petrone, Uruguayan footballer
- September 25 – Aurelio González (Paraguayan footballer)
- September 26 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and manager (died 1996)
- October 16 – Ernst Kuzorra, German international footballer (die 1990)
- December 28 – Fulvio Bernardini, Italian international footballer and trainer (died 1977)
Deaths
- September 6 - Morris Bates, 39, former Nottingham Forest player and founding member of Woolwich Arsenal FC, tuberculosis.
References
- ^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 18. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
- ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 42. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.