WCharles William Alcock was an English sportsman, administrator, author and editor. He was a major instigator in the development of both international football and cricket, as well as being the creator of the FA Cup.
WKenneth George Aston, MBE was an English teacher, soldier, and football referee, who was responsible for many important developments in football refereeing - including the yellow and red penalty card system.
WOttorino Barassi was an Italian sports official.
WEdoardo Bosio was an Italian footballing innovator from Turin who played as a forward. He is a prime figure in the history of Italian football as evidence exists to show that he founded the earliest football club in the country; Torino Football and Cricket Club. He was also a clever rower of the Armida Rowing Club in Turin.
WColin Bain Calder was the Scottish founder, and first president, of Club Atlético Rosario Central of Argentina.
WOscar Alfredo Cox was a Brazilian sportsman who introduced football to the city of Rio de Janeiro and founded Fluminense, one of Brazil's most traditional and popular football clubs.
WAnthony Di Pietro is a businessman from Melbourne, Australia. Di Pietro is most known for his current and longest standing chairmanship of Melbourne Victory FC, a professional association football (soccer) club that participates in the Hyundai A-League. Alongside sport, Di Pietro is also the Chief Executive Officer and a board member of industry leading fruit & vegetable producers and marketers, the LaManna Premier Group.
WHans Max Gamper-Haessig, known in Catalonia as Joan Gamper, was a Swiss football pioneer, versatile athlete and club president. He founded football clubs in Switzerland and Spain, most notably FC Barcelona and FC Zürich.
WRobert Guérin was a French journalist, and the 1st President and one of the founders of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). A journalist with Le Matin newspaper, Guérin was actively involved in football through his role as secretary of the Football Department of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques. He brought together representatives of the first seven member countries in Paris for the signing of FIFA's foundation act and agreement of the first FIFA statutes. On 23 May 1904, Guérin was elected president at the inaugural FIFA Congress and remained in his post for two years, during which time another eight associations came on board, including the Football Association.
WGabriel Hanot was a French footballer and journalist. The European Cup – which became the UEFA Champions League – was the brainchild of Hanot, as was the Ballon d'Or, an award that honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year.
WNicholas Lane Jackson, known as N. L. Jackson and "Pa" Jackson, was an English sports administrator and author.
WGiorgos Kalafatis was a Greek football pioneer, player, coach, track and field athlete and the founder of Panathinaikos football club.
WSamuel Llewelyn Kenrick was a Welsh solicitor who became the founder of the Football Association of Wales and organised the first Welsh international football match against Scotland in 1876. As such he became the "father of Welsh football".
WWilliam McGregor was a Scottish association football administrator in the Victorian era who is regarded as the founder of the Football League, the first organised association football league in the world.
WCharles William Miller was a Brazilian sportsman, who is considered to be the father of football in Brazil.
WEbenezer Cobb Morley was an English sportsman. He is regarded as one of the fathers of the Football Association (FA) and modern football.
WWillem Johan Herman Mulier, known as Pim Mulier was one of the leading figures in sporting history of the Netherlands.
WNassif Majdalani was a Lebanese radio and television presenter, as well as president of the Lebanon Football Association (LFA), which he helped found in 1933, between 1946 and 1949. He is the youngest president in the LFA's history, aged 33 when he assumed office.
WHugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland, styled Earl Percy until 1817, was a British aristocrat and Tory politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under the Duke of Wellington from 1829 to 1830.
WCarlos Padrós Rubió, also known as Carles Padrós Rubió was a Spanish politician, businessman and football pioneer who was the 3rd President of Real Madrid. He was a member of the Spanish Liberal Party until its dissolvement in 1931.
WArthur Pember was a British sportsman, stockbroker, lawyer, journalist and author, notable for serving as the first president of The Football Association from 1863 to 1867.
WJules Rimet was a French football administrator who was the 3rd President of FIFA, serving from 1921 to 1954. He is FIFA's longest-serving president, in office for 33 years. He also served as the president of the French Football Federation from 1919 to 1942.
WDr. James Richardson Spensley was an English doctor, footballer, manager, Scout leader and medic from Stoke Newington, London. He is considered to be one of the "Fathers of Italian football", due to his association with Genoa CFC and his contribution to the modern day variation of the game in Italy.
WThomas Youdan was a theatre proprietor in Sheffield, England, known for sponsoring the Youdan Cup, the first ever multi-club tournament in the history of football.