Arthur Drewry

Arthur Drewry.

Arthur Drewry (born March 3, 1891 in Grimsby , † March 25, 1961 ) was a British football official and from 1956 to 1961 the fifth President of FIFA .

The Englishman Drewry was a businessman in the fish processing industry in his hometown of Grimsby. After the First World War, he married the daughter of the club president of Grimsby Town and succeeded his father-in-law in office. From 1944 he headed the selection committee of the Football Association (FA), which formed the national team before Walter Winterbottom was appointed first national coach in 1946. After the war he negotiated with Stanley Rous the re-entry of the British associations into FIFA and was then appointed vice-president by Jules Rimet . From 1949 to 1954 he was President of the Football League , from 1955 to 1961 Chairman of the FA; during this time he worked closely with his general secretary Rous. On June 9, 1956, he succeeded the late Rodolphe William Seeldrayers as FIFA President, whose business he had previously managed on an interim basis for six months. He opened the 6th World Championship in Stockholm in 1958 . Drewry died shortly after his 70th birthday in 1961; Rous succeeded him in the office of FIFA President.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Alan Tomlinson: Sport and Leisure Cultures (= Sport and Culture Series. Vol. 6). University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis MN 2005, ISBN 0-8166-3383-5 , p. 55, viewed online October 22, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	Drewry, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British football official, FIFA President
DATE OF BIRTH	March 3, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Grimsby
DATE OF DEATH	March 25, 1961

[Tomlinson-1] A ^b Alan Tomlinson: Sport and Leisure Cultures (= Sport and Culture Series. Vol. 6). University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis MN 2005, ISBN 0-8166-3383-5 , p. 55, viewed online October 22, 2012.