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Daniel Burley Woolfall (15 June 1852 – 24 October 1918) was an English football executive and the second president of FIFA. An English Football Association administrator from Blackburn, Woolfall was elected as president on 4 June 1906. A key aim during his presidency was to achieve uniform football rules on an international level and he ...
(1852–1918) An English civil servant and contributor to Blackburn Rovers' domination of the English FA Cup competition in the 1880s, who became the second president of world football's governing body the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), from 1906 to his death in 1918.
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- October 24, 1918
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Daniel Burley Woolfall. Biographical information. Biography. The son of a Blackburn plumber, Daniel Burley Woolfall was to become one of football’s great administrators. He attended Blackburn Grammar School, and several of their students helped form the Blackburn Rovers Football Club in 1875.
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An English FA administrator from Blackburn, Daniel Burley Woolfall was elected as President on 4 June 1906. A key aim during his presidency was to achieve uniform football rules on an...
He watched the 1881 - 82 F.A. Cup Final when his beloved Blackburn Rovers were defeated 1 - 0 by Old Etonians at the Kennington Oval in London. A year later, he was involved in a tram accident in Blackburn that resulted in one fatality and injuries to thirty others.
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Daniel Burley Woolfall (15 June 1852 – 24 October 1918) was an English football executive and the second president of FIFA. An English Football Association administrator from Blackburn, Woolfall was elected as president on 4 June 1906.
