1905 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1905 throughout the world.
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[edit] Events
- Leeds City F.C. admitted to the English Football League.
- February 19 - Alf Common becomes the first player to be transferred for a fee of 1000 Pounds, in a transfer from Sunderland A.F.C. to Middlesbrough F.C.
[edit] Clubs formed in 1905
- Crystal Palace Football Club
- Chelsea Football Club
- Club Atletico Boca Juniors
- Galatasaray SK - Turkey
[edit] Winners club national championship
- Scotland: For fuller coverage see: 1904-05 in Scottish football
[edit] International tournaments
[edit] Births
- September 25 – Aurelio González (Paraguayan footballer)
- September 26 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and manager (d. 1996)
- October 16 – Ernst Kuzorra (German footballer)
[edit] Deaths
- September 6 - Morris Bates, 39, former Nottingham Forest player and founding member of Woolwich Arsenal FC, tuberculosis.