1937 in association football

The following are the football events of 1937 throughout the world.

Events

• May 2 – Puck van Heel becomes Holland's most capped player when he plays his 57th match for the Netherlands national football team against Belgium. Van Heel earned 64 caps during his career.
• Foundation of Air Force Central F.C.
• Sunderland AFC win the FA cup final.

Winners club national championship

• Argentina: River Plate
• France: Olympique de Marseille
• Italy: Bologna
• Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
• Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
• Poland: Cracovia
• Romania: Venus București
• Scotland:
  • Scottish Cup: Celtic^[1]
• Soviet Union: see 1937 in Soviet football
• Turkey: Fenerbahçe
• Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Građanski Zagreb

International tournaments

• 1937 British Home Championship (October 31, 1936 – April 17, 1937)

 Wales

• 1937 South American Championship (December 27, 1936 – February 1, 1937)

 Argentina

Births

• January 1 – Vlatko Marković, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2013)
• February 3 – Alex Young Scottish international footballer (died 2017)
• March 13 – Antonio Betancort, Spanish international footballer (died 2015)
• May 16 – Antonio Rattín, Argentine international footballer
• June 1 – Ezio Pascutti, Italian international footballer (died 2017)
• June 27 – Jules Accorsi, French football player and manager
• June 29 – Yair Nossovsky, Israeli footballer
• July 6 – Ernesto Figueiredo, Portuguese footballer
• July 9 – Josef Vacenovský, Czech forward
• July 12
  • Fritz Kehl, Swiss football defender
  • František Valošek, Czech football player
• July 20 – Ilie Datcu, Romanian goalkeeper and coach
• August 9 – Hans Nowak, German international footballer (died 2012)
• August 19 – Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish international footballer and manager (died 2014)
• August 22 – Gennadi Matveyev, Soviet international footballer (died 2014)
• October 14 – Ron Routledge, English professional footballer^[2]
• November 8
  • Peter Brabrook, English international footballer (died 2016)
  • Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2019)
• November 10 – Zdeněk Zikán, Czech football player (d. 2013)
• November 20 – Pim van de Meent, Dutch footballer and manager
• December 6 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-Uruguayan footballer (died 2006)
• December 20 – Gordon Banks, English international footballer (died 2019)