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On this day in football history

1926 G.B. Ramsay resigned as secretary of Aston Villa after completing 50 years service with the club. He joined them in 1876 and had been a player and a captain, committee member as well as secretary. He remained with the club as consultant advisor until his death at the age of 81 in October 1935.

1950 A world record crowd of 200,000 saw Uruguay beat Brazil in the World Cup Final in Rio.

1956 Bedford Jezzard, Fulham centre forward, broke an ankle whilst playing for the FA in South Africa. The injury caused him to give up the playing side of the game. Remained with Fulham on the coaching staff and was appointed manager in June 1958, a job he resigned from in December 1964. Joined the Craven Cottage side in 1948 and up to the time of his injury scored 153 goals in 292 League matches and, strangely for a top centre forward never scored in the FA Cup competition. Played twice for England, against Hungary in the summer of 1954 and Ireland in 1955.

1966 Joe Mears, chairman of the FA collapsed and died in Oslo whilst on tour with the England team during their final preparations for the World Cup. He was 61. He had been elected in 1963 in succession to Graham Doggart who had died during the Annual Meeting in June of that year. His father and uncle were the founders of Chelsea in 1905 and he himself had been chairman of the club since 1940.

1968 German team Fortuna Sittard is formed when Fortuna 54 and Sittardia merge.

1984 John Toshack signs a three year deal to coach Sporting Lisbon.

1996 The Marseille match fixing scandal rears its head again when Jorge Burruchaga who plays for Valenciennes becomes the third player to be charged with corruption.