Uganda, Nov. 27 -- After a ragtag USA shocked England 1-0 at the 1950 World Cup, Arthur Drewry exclaimed: "Unbelievable!" 100 per cent guilty of sparing his best player Stanley Matthews for "tougher" games.
But that cannot overshadow Drewry's contribution to the beautiful game. He was elected Fifa president on June 7, 1955, in Lisbon, Portugal, succeeding Rodolphe William Seeldrayers, who had died just after a year in office.
His Fifa tenure - 1955 to 1961 - coincided with his chairmanship of the English Football Association.
Prior, the man from Grimsby Town had played a key role in returning England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland into Fifa after decades of isolation, and paving the way for England's first entry into the 1950 Wor...