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This day in European football history - December 1

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What happened on December 1
YearEvents
1886
International footballer Erik Börjesson was born 137 years ago. He played 17 matches for Sweden national team and scored 13 goals. Date of his death: July 17, 1983.
1898
Birthday of the international referee René Mercet from Switzerland, who refereed 11 football games of European national teams The referee died on June 13, 1961.
1911
Franz Binder, former Austria and Germany national football teams player (28 caps and 26 goals), born this day. Died on April 24, 1989, aged 77 years.
1912
111 years ago, the former Estonia football player Richard Kuremaa was born. He appeared for 42 matches in total and scored 18 international goals for Estonia. Date of his death: October 1, 1991.
1923
Birthday of Ferenc Szusza, who played for Hungary national team in period 1942-1956 (24 caps and 18 goals). Died on August 1, 2006, aged 82 years.
1932
International football referee Hilmi Ok from Turkey was born on this day. He refereed matches of European national football teams (6 games in total). Passed away on February 15, 2020.
1954
Former Belgium footballer François Van Der Elst was born today. He made his debut for national team in 1973 and earned 44 caps, scoring 14 goals. Date of his death: January 11, 2017.
Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz) was opened in Lisbon. The venue hosted 30 football matches of European national teams.
1955
Birthday of the Northern Ireland football referee John Ferry, who was an official at 5 international games of European association football teams.
1960
Croatia referee Željko Širić is born 63 years ago. He is known to have officiated 10 international matches of European teams during the period from 1997 to 2006.
1974
International footballer Costinha is born 49 years ago. He played 53 matches for Portugal national team and scored 2 goals.
1977
Max Viinioksa passed away at the age of 72. He played for Finland national team in period from 1926 to 1935 (50 caps and 1 goal). He was also known as an international referee. Born on October 27, 1905.
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