OTD E0121 — 01 Mar 1921: Jules Rimet Elected FIFA President — The Vote That Invented World Football

01 Mar 1921: Jules Rimet is elected FIFA President — a quiet administrative moment that changes football forever. We trace FIFA’s fragile first 15 years (founded 1904 without the Home Nations), the Olympics as international football’s stage, World War I’s rupture, Antwerp 1920’s messy “restart,” and Rimet’s plan: turn FIFA into a real global institution and build a tournament independent of the Olympics. From Uruguay’s Olympic rise to the 1928 Congress and the birth of the World Cup.Email: [email protected]