1840s in football (soccer)
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The following are the football (soccer) events of decades 1840s around the world.
[edit] Events
- 1848 – A committee at Cambridge University attempts to create a universal set of rules for football. (This code later become known as The Cambridge Rules and greatly influenced association football, also known as soccer, when it was codified in 1863.)
- 1849 – In Cheltenham, the first use of three official referees in a match, two in field and one in tribune.
[edit] Births
- 1842 December 2 – Charles William Alcock, English footballer and creator of the FA Cup
- 1847 June 19 – Robert Barker, English footballer
- 1847, August 30 – Morton Betts, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1914)
- 1848 May 16 – Ernest Bambridge, English footballer
- 1848, August 22 – John Brockbank, English footballer
- 1849 March 28 – Reginald Birkett, English footballer
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