Christmas Fern – Polystichum acrostichoides

15 January – Peter Nogly, German international Footballer
25 January – Tostão, Brazilian international footballer
20 February – Peter Osgood, English international footballer (died 2006)
24 February – Fernando Barrachina, Spanish international footballer (died 2016)
3 March – Óscar Tabárez, Uruguayan football player and manager
24 March – Archie Gemmill, Scottish international footballer
30 March – Henry Perales, Peruvian footballer (died 2021)^[1]
3 April – Ladislav Kuna, Slovak football player and manager (died 2012)
24 April – Aldo Anzuini, Italian retired football player and coach^[2]
25 April – Johan Cruijff, Dutch international footballer and manager (died 2016)
8 May – Sef Vergoossen, Dutch football manager
19 June – Alan Woodward, English former professional footballer^[3]
3 July – Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch international footballer (died 2020)
10 August – Laurent Pokou, Ivorian international footballer (died 2016)
28 August – Emlyn Hughes, English international footballer (died 2004)
15 October – Laszlo Fazekas, Hungarian international footballer
16 October – Ken Woodward, English former professional footballer^[4]
23 October – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish international footballer (died 1989)
2 November – Allan Michaelsen, Danish international footballer (died 2016)
26 December – Dominique Baratelli, French international footballer

Deaths

8 May – Attilio Ferraris, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (43, heart attack during a friendly match between former stars in Montecatini Terme)
12 June – Cosme Damião, Portuguese football player and manager, 61^[5]

^ "Henry Perales". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "Aldo Anzuini". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ "Alan Woodward". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Ken Woodward". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^ Cosme Damião

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