Arthur Drewry

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

The Englishman Drewry was a businessman in the fish processing industry in his home town of Grimsby. After the First World War, he married the daughter of the president of club Grimsby Town and followed his father- in office after. From 1944 he headed the selection committee of the Football Association (FA). After the war he negotiated jointly with Stanley Rous re-entry of the British associations in FIFA and was subsequently appointed by Jules Rimet to its vice president. From 1949 to 1954 he was president of the Football League, 1955-1961 Chairman of the FA; During this time he worked closely with his Secretary Rous. On 9 June 1956, he joined the succession of the late Rodolphe William Seeldrayers as FIFA president, whose business he had already passed half a year on an interim basis. It opened in 1958 in Stockholm, the 6th World Championship. Drewry died in 1961 shortly after his 70th birthday; Rous succeeded him in the office of President of FIFA.

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