Football Federation Of The Soviet Union
The Football Federation of USSR (Russian: Федерация футбола СССР) was a governing body of football in the Soviet Union and since 1972 the main governing body of football in the country. The Federation was created late in 1934 by the decision of the Supreme Council of Physical Culture of USSR (Russian: Высший Совет Физической Культуры, VSFK) as its sports section governing specifically football. It was the only organization that obtained recognition of FIFA in 1946.
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—Carlos Fuentes (b. 1928)
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—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
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—General Federation Of Women’s Clubs (GFWC)
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—Terrence Des Pres (1939–1987)
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—Thomas Merton (1915–1968)