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Ethiopian Sports; Links to the important milestones in its History |
1924-1936; Ethiopian Football; the rudimentary beginning-It all started from scratch!! 1941-1948; Ethiopian Football from the liberation of the Country in 1941 to the founding of the first Sports Office in 1943 1948-1949; The short-lived Autonomy of the Ethiopian Football Federation 1949; the year the premature “Ethiopian Sports Confederation” was established and the consequences of its excessive encroachment on the prior founded Ethiopian Football Federation… 1949-1960; Who was Mr. Eduard Virvilis (Musse Verbeles) ? The true history!! 1949-1952; H.E. Lieutenant General Woldeselassie Bereka temporarily replaces Yidnekatchew Tessema as the Chief Executive of the Ethiopian Football Federation 1952; the decisive contributions of H.E. Lieutenant Colonel Tamirat Yigezu; the longest serving wise President of the Ethiopian Football Federation!! 1953; the Ethiopian football Federation becomes a member of FIFA 1956; the Ethiopian National football team plays its first home and away Olympic qualification matches against Egypt 1956; FIFA invites Ethiopia to participate in the Melbourne Olympics football tournament replacing Egypt which withdrew in the last minute. Ethiopia declines to accept this historic opportunity and starts its Olympic history at these Games by competing in the Cycling and the Track & Field events for which there were no qualification requirements whatsoever. 1960; the Rome Olympics 1961; the Ethiopian Athletics Federation was founded!! Who were the members of the first Executive Committee of the Ethioian Athletics Federation? Who was the first President? 1961; the third African Cup 1964; the Tokyo Olympics 1967; the Ethiopian Olympic Committee was founded 1968; the sixth African Cup 1968; the twenty fifth anniversary of the Ethiopian Football Federation 1968; the Mexico Olympics 1972; the Munich Olympics 1976; the tenth African Cup 1976; the establishment of the fully Governmental "Physical Culture and Sports Commission" 1976; the Montreal Olympics 1943-1981; Ethiopian Sports owes them |