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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1937 throughout the world.

[edit] Events

• May 2 – Puck van Heel becomes Holland's most capped player when he plays his 57st match for the Netherlands national football team against Belgium. Van Heel earns 64th caps during his career.

Sunderland AFC win the FA cup final.

[edit] Winners club national championship

• Argentina: River Plate
• Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
• Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
• Poland: Cracovia Kraków
• Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Građanski Zagreb
• Turkey: Fenerbahçe

[edit] International tournaments

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

 Wales

[edit] Births

• May 16 – Antonio Rattín, Argentine footballer
• November 20 – Pim van de Meent, Dutch footballer and manager
• December 20 – Gordon Banks, English footballer

[edit] Deaths