Ernst Thommen

Fifa administrator (1899–1967)

Ernst Thommen

Acting FIFA President
In office 25 March 1961 – 28 September 1961 (interim)
Preceded by	Arthur Drewry
Succeeded by	Stanley Rous

Personal details
Born	(1899-01-23)23 January 1899 Basel, Switzerland
Died	14 May 1967(1967-05-14) (aged 68) Muttenz, Switzerland
Occupation	Sports administrator

Ernst B. Thommen (23 January 1899 – 14 May 1967) was the acting (interim) FIFA president from March 1961 to 28 September 1961. He spent 6 months in office, succeeding Arthur Drewry who died in office.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Thommen contested for the president position when he was the acting president, but lost in the first round voting to Stanley Rous. In the second round he withdrew from contesting.^[4]

Thommen was a FIFA member from Switzerland. He had served as chairman of the Organising Committee during the 1954, 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups.^[5]^[6]

Thommen died in 1967 in a car accident.^[7]

Notes

^ "FIFA presidential election results from 1904 to 2015". Reuters. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ "FACTBOX-Soccer-FIFA presidential elections since 1904". Pulse Nigeria. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ agencies, swissinfo ch and. "Infantino elected FIFA president". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ Darby, Paul (8 October 2013). Africa, Football and FIFA: Politics, Colonialism and Resistance. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-29834-0.
^ MBA, Okyere Bonna (22 August 2006). Ghana, the Rediscovered Soccer Might: Watch out World!. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4628-0674-4.
^ FIFA.com. "Welcome to FIFA.com News - History of FIFA - 50th Anniversary". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.^{[dead link]}
^ "Der einflussreichste Schweizer Sportfunktionär" [The most influential Swiss sports official]. Swiss Football Association (in German). 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

Citations

Bayle, Emmanuel; Clastres, Patrick (10 April 2018). Global Sport Leaders: A Biographical Analysis of International Sport Management. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-76753-6.
"FIFA Presidential Elections Since 1904". Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
Radnedge, Keir (2001). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer. Universe Pub. ISBN 978-0-7893-0670-8.
Henshaw, Richard (1979). The Encyclopedia of World Soccer. New Republic Books. ISBN 978-0-915220-34-2.

External links

"AIPS Media". www.aipsmedia.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
"How The Fairs Cup Gave Leeds Their First Taste Of European Glory". The Sportsman. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
Hislop, John (7 June 2019). "When Hibs put four goals past Barcelona". The Edinburgh Reporter. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
Penn, Brian (19 November 2019). "Why I fell in love with an ailing West Ham in 1971 and memories of my first home game". These Football Times. Retrieved 1 November 2020.