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Stanley Rous
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6th President of FIFA (1895–1986)
OverviewAI-generated
Stanley Rous was a person from Greece whose professional work period began in 1927. He was born on April 25, 1895, and died on July 18, 1986.
Records indicate that Stanley Rous is associated with five works. One of his top works is titled F.A. Book For Boys No 11.
Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Arthur Drewry , Ernst Thommen (as acting)
- Succeeded by
- João Havelange
- Born
- Stanley Ford Rous , ( 1895-04-25 ) 25 April 1895, Mutford , East Suffolk , England
- Died
- ( 1986-07-18 ) 18 July 1986 (aged 91), Paddington, London , England
- Spouse
- Adrienne Gacon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1924 ; died 1950 )
- Occupation
- Referee, football administrator
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stanley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Mutford
- Place of death
- Paddington
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Lowestoft Town F.C.
- Position played
- goalkeeper
- Country for sport
- England
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Stanley Ford Rous As the judge of a match between commands of Hungary and Italy. October, 1933.jpg
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- cause of death
- leukemia
- date of birth
- 1895-04-25
- date of death
- 1986-07-18
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Stanley Rous
- start of work period
- 1927-00-00
- name in native language
- Stanley Rous
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Stanley Ford Rous (25 April 1895 – 18 July 1986) was an English football referee and the 6th president of FIFA, serving from 1961 to 1974. He was also secretary of the Football Association from 1934 to 1962 and an international referee.
Early life
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