Births
- January 5 – Hans Eijkenbroek (Dutch footballer and manager)
- January 23 – Werner Krämer (German footballer) (died 2010)
- January 24 – Brian Labone (English footballer)
- January 25 Jürgen Sundermann – (German footballer and manager)
- March 5 – Josef Piontek (German footballer, manager and trainer of the Danish National Team)
- May 3 – Clemens Westerhof (Dutch football manager)
- May 10 – Vicente Miera (Spanish football manager)
- May 19 – Frans Bouwmeester (Dutch footballer)
- October 4 – Silvio Marzolini (Argentine footballer)
- October 23 – Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" (Brazilian footballer)
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