Post World Cup and General
-Italy
became the first ever Nation to host and the first European Nation to win the
World Cup. They became the second ever nation to win the World Cup.
They
also became the second ever host (after Uruguay in 1930) to win the World Cup
as hosts.
-In
addition to being the first ever player to play for two different nations in a
World Cup, Italy’s Luisito Monti also became the first and only player to play
in two consecutive World Cup Final matches with two different Nations, losing
the first and winning the second.
He
was also the oldest of the Italian players.
-The
Final Ranking: 1-Italy, 2-Czechsolovakia, 3-Germany, 4-Austria, 5-Spain,
6-Hungary, 7-Switzerland, 8-Sweden, 9-France, 10-Holland, 11-Argentina,
12-Romania, 13-Egypt, 14-Brazil, 15-Belgium, 16-USA
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Photo
From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934
(Czechoslovakia
squad upon their return to Prague )
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-Italy
and Juventus goalkeeper Giampiero Combi retired from Football immediately after
the match as he had promised. He became the first ever European captain as well
as the first ever goalkeeper to lift the World Cup as Captain.
Amazing
considering that he may not have even played had Ceresoli been fit.
It
would be another 48 years until 1982, when another goalkeeper (Italian!!) Dino
Zoff also lifted the World Cup as Captain.
Since
then only the Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas (2010) has also captained a
World Cup winning side.
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Photo
From: Guerin Sportivo-La Grande Storia Del
Calcio Italiana-1933-1934
(Team captains Giampiero Combi and Frantisek
Planicka and Match Referee Ivan Eklind, June 10, 1934, World Cup, Italy
2-Czechoslovakia 1) |
-Italy
would host the World Cup once more in 1990. They became after Mexico (1970 and
1986), the second Nation to host the World Cup twice.
-Italy
Manager Vittorio Pozzo would manage Italy to win the following World Cup in
1938 in France.
He
became and still is the only Manager to have managed two World Cup winning
sides (as well as consecutive ones).
-Giuseppe
Meazza and Giovanni Ferrari were 1938 World Cup winners as well. They were the
only 1934 veterans to achieve this distinction. In doing so, they became the
first ever players to win the World Cup twice.
Italian Back-up goalkeeper Guido Masetti
(November 22, 1907-November 26, 1993) of AS Roma was also part of the 1938
World Cup winning side. He became the only player to be in two World Cup
winning sides without playing a single minute in each.
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Photo
From: Il Libro Azzurro del Calcio Italiano, Authors Pericle Pratelli, Pasquale
Scardillo, 1974
(Italy’s Giovanni Ferrari) |
-Giuseppe
Meazza (August 23, 1910- August 21, 1979) would be the Captain of the 1938
World Cup winning side.
The
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) in Milan (shared by AC Milan and
Internazionale Milano) is named after him.
He
played for both clubs, though for the majority of his career he played for
Internazionale Milano.
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Photo
From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune
(Italy’s
Giuseppe Meazza)
(August 23, 1910-August 21, 1979) |
-For
more than 70 years, Nejedly, Conen and Schiavio were jointly credited as Top
Goalscorers with 4 goals each. On November 10th, 2016, FIFA
officially credited another goal to Nejedly to make him the top goalcorer.
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Photo
From: El Mundo Deportivo, June 9, 1934
(cartoon
of Italy’s Angelo Schiavio)
|
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Photo
From: Deutschlands Fussball
Nationalspieler, Das Lexicon, Author Jurgen Bitter
(Germany’s Edmund Conen)
(November 10, 1914-March 5, 1990) |
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Photo
From: Slavne Nohy, Author Jaroslav Salek, Zdenek Salek, 2002
(Czechoslovakia’s Oldrich Nejedly, December 25,
1909-June 11, 1990)
language:AR-SA'>(August 23, 1910-August 21, 1979) |
-Belgian
Referee John Langenus, who had officiated the 1930 World Cup Final, was very
blunt about the Italians’ desire to win at all cost.
He
also stated "In the majority of the countries, the world championship was
described as a sporting fiasco. Apart from the desire to win the tournament,
all the other sporting considerations were non-existent with the host. There
was a certain spirit about the competition. The Italians wanted to win what was
natural, but they made it clear. "
He
had stated, “Italy wanted to win. It was natural but they made it far too
obvious”.
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Photo
From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934
(Belgian Referee John Langenus) |
-Belgium’s Bernard Voorhoof
(May 10, 1910-February 18, 1974) along with France’s Etienne Mattler (December
25, 1905-March 23, 1986) and Edmond Delfour (November 1,
1907-December 21, 1990) are the only players who took part in the first three
World Cups in the 1930 (1930, 1934 and 1938).
Bernard Voorhoof was
nicknamed ‘voorhoofd’ (forehead in Dutch); his 1930 Belgian teammate Nicolaas
Hoydonckx called him ‘voor-kop’ (to head).
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Photo
From: Le Dictioonaire Des Diables Rouges
(Belgium’s Bernard Voorhoof)
|
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Photo
From: Capitaines des bleus depuis 1904,
Author Vincent Duluc, 2003
(France’s Edmond Delfour) |
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Photo
From: Les Bleus, Author Denis Chaumier, 2004
(France’s
Etienne Mattler)
(December
25, 1905-March 23, 1986)
|
-Hungary’s
Gyorgy Sarosi (August 5, 1912-June 20, 1993) would captain his Nation in the
Final of the 1938 World Cup vs. Italy.
He
would go on to manage many Italian clubs in the 1950s including Juventus, AS
Roma, Genoa and Bologna.
-France’s Georges Verriest (July 15, 1909-July 11, 1985)
was Manager of French National Team from 1959-1964.
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Photo
From: Football Magazine, Issue 20, September 1961
(France’s Georges Verriest) |
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Photo
From: Football Magazine, Issue 20, September 1961
(France’s Georges Verriest as France Manager
with Roger Piantoni, Francosi Heutte and Robert Herbin) |
-Germany’s
Karl Hohmann (June 18, 1908-March 31, 1974) had a street named after him.
The
stadium of his club VfL Benrath is located at:
Karl-Hohmann Strasse
70 at Düsseldorf.
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Photo
From: Deutschlands Fussball
Nationalspieler, Das Lexicon, Author Jurgen Bitter
(Germany’s Karl Hohmann)
(June 18, 1908-March 31, 1974) |
-Germany Manager Otto Nerz
(October 21, 1892-April 18, 1949) was dismissed as Manager of Germany following
the 1936 Olympics.
At the conclusion of the
World War II, he was arrested since he was a member of the Nazi party.
He was in a camp at
Sachsenhausen in the Soviet Zone. He died while in captivity on April 18, 1949.
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Photo
From: Deutschlands Fussball Landerspiele,
Eine Dokumentation von 1908-1989
(Germany Manager Otto Nerz)
(October 21, 1892-April 18, 1949) |
- Anfilogino “Filho” Guarisi (December 26,
1905- June 8, 1974) of Italy became the first ever Brazilian born player to win the World
Cup.
He played for the Brazilian National Team in the
1920s and was known there as ‘Filo’.
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Photo
From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+
(Italy’s Anfilogino “Filho” Guarisi) |
-While
in the 1930 World Cup, 2-3-5 formation was popular by this World Cup; the ‘WM’
Formation of Herbert Chapman was taking hold across Europe.
Germany
played in a ‘WM’ (3-2-2-3)
formation at
the World Cup.
‘WM’
was also known as ‘Sistema’.
In
contrast, Vittorio Pozzo and Hugo Meisl had developped ‘Metodo’, which was a
‘WW’ (2-3-2-3) formation.
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Photo
From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre
volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983
(Italy’s tactical
formation) |
-This
World Cup had fewer spectators than the one in Uruguay
(358,000 vs.
434,000).
But
due to the higher ticket prices, the 1934 revenue was 150% higher than that of
1930. The downside was that these prices may have driven away many fans: the
average stadium was 51% full, only Italy’s five matches were near sold out (86%
of seats sold), the remaining 12 games had filled up to 36% only. But in the
end, the World Cup had proven to be a financially viable venture, as well as
increasing revenue from tourism.
Ticket
sales amounted to 3,670,393 lire (according to the final bill presented in
November 1934). In addition, 1.5 million lire was received for the allocation
of broadcasting rights to various media outlets. This resulted in an income of
around 5.2 million lire. This was offset by the expenditure of 2,243,000 lire,
which amounted to a surplus of almost 3 million lire divided between the participating
nations, FIFA and the Italian Federation FIGC.
Some
sources show a net profit of 1 Million Lira.
It
must be remembered these numbers were published by the Organizing Committee
under Fascist supervision, and their accuracy in connection with the cost of
stadia and the infrastructure is not verifiable.
-Months
after the World Cup on November 14th, 1934, Italy took on England at
Highbury. The match was won (3-2) by the English, but the ill-tempered match
became known as the ‘Battle of Highbury’.
- Austria
Rudolf Raftl, Willibald Schmaus and Josef Stroh would be part of the German
National Team in the 1938 World Cup. Austrian players were incorporated into
the German Team after the Anschlus.
-Apparently
the Germans had been hoping to host the 1942 World Cup (If not for World War
II…)
-After
Italy’s Mussolini invaded the Ethiopian Empire (Abyssinia), the Oriundi Enrique
Guaita was arrested as he was trying to get abroad to escape recruitment into
the Italian army.
The
regime's press hid the real reason for the arrest, and instead spoke of the
financial irregularities the players had made guilty of.
-Italy’s Pietro Sante Arcari III (December 2, 1909-February
8, 1988) and Giuseppe Cavanna (September 18, 1905-November 3, 1976) were World
Cup winners despite never earning a single cap in their careers.
-Italy’s
Armando
Castellazzi (February
7, 1904- January
4, 1968) led AS
Ambrosiana –Inter
to the Serie A title as Manager in 1938. He became the first ever person to win
the Serie A as a player and a Manager.
-The only players at the World Cup registered
with foreign clubs were:
Czechoslovakia’s Josef Silný with French Club ‘Sporting Club Nîmois’ and Brazil’s Rodolpho Barteczko, Patesko with Uruguay’s Nacional
Montevideo.
Though
it must be remembered that in Patesko’s case his contract was temporarily owned
by the Brazil’s Federation ‘CBD’ for the duration of the World Cup.
(Note:
Some sources show Patesko registered with Botafogo)
-The
following players were also present during the 1930 World Cup:
Argentina: Luisito Monti, Attilio
Demaria (both Italians in 1934)
Belgium: Arnold
Badjou, August Hellemans, Louis Verysp, Bernard Voorhoof and
Manager Hector Goetinck
Brazil: Carlos Antônio Dobbert de Carvalho Leite
France: Alexis Thepot, Etienne Mattler,
Célestin Delmer, Edmond Delfour, Lucien Laurent, and Emile Veinante
Romania: Rudolf Burger, Emerich Vogl, Nicolae Kovaci (aka
Nicolae Kovacs)
USA: Thomas Florie, James
Gallagher, William Gonsalves and George Moorehouse
-The
following players were also present during the 1938 World Cup:
Belgium: Arnold
Badjou, Bernard Voorhoof, Andre Vandeweyer, Philibert Smellinckx and Jean
Capelle
Brazil: Patesko, Leonidas and Martim Silveira
Czechoslovakia: Frantisek Plánička, Ferdinand Daucik,
Jaroslav Boucek, Jaroslav Burgr, Vlastimil Kopecky, Josef
Koštálek, Oldrich Nejedlý and Antonin Puč
France: Gaston
Barreau (Coach, part of Technical Commission in 1934), Etienne Mattler,
Jules Vandooren, Alfred Aston, Edmond Delfour, Jean Nicolas and Emile Veinante
Germany: Fritz
Buchloh, Hans Jakob, Paul Janes, Ernst Lehner, Reinhold Munzenberg, Rudolf
Raftl, Willibald Schmaus, Otto Siffling, Josef Stroh and Fritz Szepan (Note:
Rudolf Raftl, Willibald Schmaus and Josef Stroh were part of the Austrian
National team in 1934).
Holland: Gerardus
‘Puck’ van Heel, Wim Andriesen Sr., Kick Smit, Leen Vente, Frank Wels, Mauk
Weber, Adri van Male, Bas Paawe and Manager Robert Glendenning
Hungary: Antal
Szabo, Gyorgy Szucs, Jeno Vincze, Antal Szalay, György Sárosi, Gyula Lazar, Jozsef Hada, Jozsef Turay, Geza
Toldi, Janos Dudas
Italy: Giovanni Ferrari, Guido Masetti, Giuseppe
Meazza and Manager Vittorio Pozzo
Romania:
Iuliu
Baratki, Silviu Bindea, Nicolae Kovaci (aka Nicolae Kovacs), Stefan Dobay,
Iuliu Bodola, Rudolf Burger and Lazar
Sfera
Sweden: Sven Jonasson, Tore Keller and Manager Jozsef Nagy
Switzerland:
Renato Bizzozero, Willy Huber, Severino Minelli,
Albert Guinchard, André ‘Trello’ Abegleen
and Leopold Kielholz
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Photo
From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+
(Sweden’s Sven Jonasson)
(July 9, 1909-September 17, 1984) |
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Photo
From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+
(Czechoslovakia’s
Frantisek Planicka)
(July 2, 1904-July 20, 1996) |
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Photo
From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune
(Czechoslovakia’s
Josef Kostalek)
(August 31, 1909-November 21, 1971) |
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Photo
From: Slavne Nohy, Author Jaroslav Salek, Zdenek Salek, 2002
(Czechoslovakia’s Vlastimil Kopecky, October 14,
1912-July 30, 1967) |
-Czechoslovakia’s Geza Kalocsay (May 30, 1913- September 26, 2008) also represented
Hungary in 1940. When he passed away in 2008, he was the last surviving player
to have represented Czechoslovakia and Hungary before the War.
-Holland’s Wim Anderiesen
(November 27, 1903-July 18, 1944) passed away due to pneumonia.
His son Wim Anderiesen, Jr
played for Ajax Amsterdam in the 1950s.
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Photo
From: de Internationals, de Historie van
Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers
(Holland’s Wim Anderiesen)
(November 27, 1903-July 18, 1944) |
-Germany’s Otto Siffling
(August 3, 1912-October 20, 1939) died aged just 27 from Peurisy (inflammation
of the lungs).
 |
Photo
From: Deutschlands Fussball
Nationalspieler, Das Lexicon, Author Jurgen Bitter
(Germany’s Otto Siffling)
(August 3, 1912-October 20, 1939) |
-Romania’s Gheorghe Albu (September 12, 1909-June 26,
1974) managed through the 1940s and 1960s. He managed the Romanian National
team in 1950.
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Photo
From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+
(Romania’s Gheorghe Albu)
(September
12, 1909-June 26, 1974) |
-Karel Johannes Julianus Lotsij (Lotsy) (March 3, 1893-August
29, 1959) was the head of the Dutch Selection Committee.
Many
credit him for the improvements in the standards of the Dutch team during his
tenure.
After
his death, it came to light that during the Dutch Occupation during World War
II, he might have been accommodating to the Nazis.
His role is somewhat unclear as accounts vary but his
image was tarnished posthumously.
 |
Photo
From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje,
1905-1989
(Karel Lotsy)
(March 3, 1893-August
29, 1959)
rong> |
-Austria’s Anton Schall (June 22, 1907-August 10, 1947) died aged just 40 after
collapsing while leading training for Basel where he was the Manager (1946/47).
 |
Photo
From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+
(Austria’s Anton Schall)
(June
22, 1907-August 10, 1947) |
-France’s
Alfred Aston (May 16, 1912-February 10, 2003) had an English father and French
mother.
- France’s Roger Courtois (May 30,
1912-May 5, 1972) was
born in Switzerland and had double Nationality (French and Swiss).
In
1940, he had been mobilized as France had entered the War and was taken
prisoner.
He
decided on a plan to get repatriated to neutral Switzerland.
He
went to the Prison Camp Hospital on the pretense of inflammation of lungs that
he had from childhood (healed by then).
There he decided not to eat to lose weigtht. In
doing so he lost more than 25 pounds and was repatriated to Switzerland in a
seemingly ill state.
Once in Switzerland, he resumed
his playing career and joined Lausanne.
 |
Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 44, September 1963
(Roger
Courtois as a Sochaux player) |
- France’s Jacques Mairesse (February 27, 1905-June
15, 1940) was mobilized during World War II. He was taken prisoner and was
later killed as he was attempting to escape.
His
son, the economist also named Jacques Mairesse was born after his death on
August 16, 1940.
-France’s
Noël Liétaer (November 17, 1908-February 22, 1941) died as a prisoner of war
from illness.
-Holland’s
Puck van Heel held the Dutch Caps record from 1937 until 1979, when Ruud Krol
broke it.
-Hungary’s
Istvan Avar (May
27 (or 28), 1905-October 13, 1977) also represented Romania (1926/27).
-Spanish player Martin Ventolra emigrated to Mexico during
the Spanish Civil War. His son, José Vantolrá, was born in Mexico.
He
grew up there and eventually became a Mexican International.
José
Vantolrá played in the 1970 World Cup for Mexico.
They
are also the only father and son combination in a World Cup from different
countries.
-French
player Roger Rio (September 13, 1913-April 23, 1999)’s son Patrice (August 15,
1948- ) represented France in the
1978 World Cup (44 years later).
They
were the first father and son to represent the same nation in a World Cup.
Roger
played for France vs. Austria on May 27, 1934 at Turin (3 to 2 Austria win) and
Patrice played vs. Italy on June 2, 1978 at Mar Del Plata (2 to 1 Italy win).
-Italy’s
Angelo
Schiavio, Attilio Demaria, Guido Masetti and Felice Borel were the last surviving Italian players to have
witnessed Italy host the World Cup again in 1990. Schiavio and Demaria passed
away a few months after the end of the Tournament. Borel and Masetti passed
away in 1993.
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Photo
From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 434 (Number 16), April 20-27, 1983
(Italy’s
Felice Borel)
(April 5, 1914-January 21, 1993) |
-France
backup goalkeeper René Llense (July 14, 1913-March 12, 2014) died aged 100.
He
was the last surviving participant of this World Cup and in fact of any of the
pre-War World Cups.
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