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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1946 throughout the world.

[edit] Events

League and Cup competitions resume in the United Kingdom for the first time since the start of the Second World War in 1939.

• November 13 – Walter Winterbottom makes his debut as the manager of England.

[edit] Winners club national championship

• Argentina: San Lorenzo de Almagro
• Hungary: Újpest FC
• Iceland: Fram
• Sweden: IFK Norrköping
• Turkey: Fenerbahçe, Gençlerbirliği

[edit] International tournaments

[edit] Births

• February 22 – Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer
• April 3 – Pedro García Barros, Chilean footballer and manager
• May 22 – George Best, Northern Ireland footballer (d. 2005)
• May 29 – Héctor Yazalde, Argentinian footballer (d. 1997)

[edit] Deaths