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

Thommen contested for the president position when he was the acting president, but lost in the first round voting to Stanley Rous. In the second round he withdrew from contesting.

Thommen was a FIFA member from Switzerland. He had served as chairman of the Organising Committee during the 1954, 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups.

Thommen died in 1967 in a car accident.

Notes

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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. Darby, Paul (8 October 2013). Africa, Football and FIFA: Politics, Colonialism and Resistance. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-29834-0.
5. MBA, Okyere Bonna (22 August 2006). Ghana, the Rediscovered Soccer Might: Watch out World!. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4628-0674-4.
6. FIFA.com. "Welcome to FIFA.com News - History of FIFA - 50th Anniversary". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
7. "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.

Citations

• Bayle, Emmanuel; Clastres, Patrick (10 April 2018). Global Sport Leaders: A Biographical Analysis of International Sport Management. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-76753-6.
• "FIFA Presidential Elections Since 1904". Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
• Radnedge, Keir (2001). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer. Universe Pub. ISBN 978-0-7893-0670-8.
• Henshaw, Richard (1979). The Encyclopedia of World Soccer. New Republic Books. ISBN 978-0-915220-34-2.

External links

• "AIPS Media". www.aipsmedia.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
• "How The Fairs Cup Gave Leeds Their First Taste Of European Glory". The Sportsman. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
• Hislop, John (7 June 2019). "When Hibs put four goals past Barcelona". The Edinburgh Reporter. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
• Penn, Brian (19 November 2019). "Why I fell in love with an ailing West Ham in 1971 and memories of my first home game". These Football Times. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

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