1951 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1951 throughout the world.

Events

Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina (25 February – 8 March 1951)
- Gold Medal: Argentina
- Silver Medal: Costa Rica
- Bronze Medal: Chile
1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India (5 – 10 March 1951)
- : India
- : Iran
- : Japan
1950–51 British Home Championship (7 October 1950 – 14 April 1951)

1 January – Dante Garro, Argentine club footballer and manager (died 2008)
2 January – Terry Stanley, English former professional footballer^[1]
18 January – Renato Zaccarelli, Italian international footballer and manager.^[2]
14 February – Kevin Keegan, English international footballer and manager.^[3]
21 February – Wolfgang Frank, German footballer and manager (died 2013)
4 March – Kenny Dalglish, Scottish international footballer and manager
11 April – Jim Holton, Scottish international footballer (died 1993)
2 June – Antonio Benítez, Spanish international footballer (died 2014)
21 September – Bruce Arena, American soccer player and coach.^[4]
23 September – Harry Lubse, Dutch international footballer
12 October – István Halász, Hungarian international footballer (died 2016)
3 November – François Bracci, French international footballer
9 December – Dominique Dropsy, French international footballer (died 2015)
17 December – Jed Reilly, Scottish former footballer^[5]

13 November – Walter de Souza Goulart, Brazilian goalkeeper, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup (born 1912)