Ernst Thommen

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

Ernst Thommen
Ernst Thommen
Acting FIFA President
In office
25 March 1961 – 28 September 1961 (interim)
Preceded byArthur Drewry
Succeeded byStanley Rous
Personal details
Born(1899-01-23)23 January 1899
Basel, Switzerland
Died14 May 1967(1967-05-14) (aged 68)
Muttenz, Switzerland
OccupationSports administrator

Thommen contested for the president position when he was the acting president but lose in the first round voting to Stanley Rous and in the second round votes he withdraw himself from contesting.[4][5]

Thommen was a FIFA member from Switzerland, he had served as chairman of Organising Committee during the 1954, 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups as acting president then, his service in the FIFA governing body was great and was succeeded by the elected Stanley Rous.[6][7]

Thommen died in 1967 in a car accident.[8]

Notes
  1. "FIFA presidential election results from 1904 to 2015". Reuters. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. "FACTBOX-Soccer-FIFA presidential elections since 1904". Pulse Nigeria. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. agencies, swissinfo ch and. "Infantino elected FIFA president". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. Tomlinson, Alan (12 October 2020). Sir Stanley Rous and the Growth of World Football: An Englishman Abroad. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-6063-5.
  5. Darby, Paul (8 October 2013). Africa, Football and FIFA: Politics, Colonialism and Resistance. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-29834-0.
  6. MBA, Okyere Bonna (22 August 2006). Ghana, the Rediscovered Soccer Might: Watch out World!. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4628-0674-4.
  7. FIFA.com. "Welcome to FIFA.com News - History of FIFA - 50th Anniversary - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  8. "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.

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