| ROUS | Stanley -, FIFA president from 1961-74 |
| STANLEYROUS | FIFA president from 1961-74 |
| RAMSEY | Arthur Michael ___, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961-74 (6) |
| JFK | US president from 1961 to 1963: Abbr. |
| RONGREENWOOD | Former manager of West Ham United (1961-74) |
| DENIS | 1958-74 Scotland striker at Torino from 1961-62 and Man United from 1962-73 between Spells at Man City (5) |
| LAW | 1958-74 Scotland striker at Torino from 1961-62 and Man United from 1962-73 between Spells at Man City (3) |
| REVIE | Don ..... , 1961-74 Leeds United, 1974-77 England and 1977-80 UAE manager (5) |
| SEPP | FIFA president Blatter |
| RIMET | Jules ___, 1921-54 FIFA President (5) |
| AHEADOFTHEGAME | Possibly FIFA President in advantageous position |
| INFANTINO | FIFA president after Sepp Blatter, Gianni ... (9) |
| ELECTION | Infantino won this to become FIFA President in 2016 |
| JULES | 1921-54 FIFA President (5,5) |
| BLATTER | FIFA President until 2015 (4,7) |
| JULESRIMET | 1921-54 FIFA president and the World Cup trophy's old name (5,5) |
| KENNEDY | John F ___, president of the US from 1961-63 (7) |
| JOHNFKENNEDY | President of the US from 1961-63 (4,1,7) |
| FALLINGINLOVE | Can't Help ___ Elvis Presley's song from 1961 from the album Blue Hawaii which has been recorded by many other artists including Bob Dylan: 3 wds. |
| NKOMO | Joshua -, Zimbabwean politician who was president of ZAPU from 1961 (5) |
