1909 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1909 throughout the world.
Events
- Goalkeepers begin to wear a different coloured shirt to the rest of the team.
- During the fall, a team composed of British players tour the United States.
- 19 December: Borussia Dortmund are founded.[1][2]
Winners club national championship
- Germany: Phönix Karlsruhe
- Greece: Peiraikos sindesmos Pireas
- Italy: S.G. Pro Vercelli
- Scotland: For fuller coverage, see 1908-09 in Scottish football.
- Scottish Division One â Celtic
- Scottish Division Two â Abercorn
- Scottish Cup â After two drawn games between Celtic and Rangers and a riot the cup was withheld.
International tournaments
- 1909 British Home Championship (13 February â 3 April 1909)
- Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy:
West Auckland
FC Winterthur
Torino XI
Stuttgarter Sportfreunde
Births
- 28 January â John Thomson, Scottish international footballer (died 1931)
- 28 March â Cyril Beach, English professional footballer (died 1980)[3]
- 9 July â Juan Yustrich, Argentine goalkeeper (died 2002)
- 26 September â Åtefan Dobay, Romanian international footballer (died 1994)
- 16 October â Franz Krumm, German international footballer (died 1943)
- 26 December â Tom Poskett, English professional footballer (died 1972)[4]