Gabriel Hanot (; 6 November 1889 – 10 August 1968) was a French

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

and journalist (the editor of ''

L'Équipe ''L'Équipe'' (, French for "the team") is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sport, owned by Éditions Philippe Amaury. The paper is noted for coverage of association football, rugby, motorsport, and cycling. Its predecessor, '' ...

''). The

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by top-division European clubs. The competition begins with a round robi ...

—which became the UEFA Champions League—was the brainchild of Hanot, as was the

Ballon d'Or The Ballon d'Or (; ) is an annual association football, football award presented by French magazine ''France Football'' since 1956 Ballon d'Or, 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. Conceived ...

, an award that honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year.

Biography

He made 12 appearances for the

France national football team The France national football team () represents France in men's international Association football, football. It is controlled by the French Football Federation (FFF; ), the governing body for football in France. It is a member of UEFA in Euro ...

, with his debut coming on 8 March 1908 against Switzerland. He was also part of France's squad for the football tournament at the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally schedu ...

, but he did not play in any matches. He made another 10 appearances for them up to

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. After the war he played one more time for France, as captain against Belgium on 9 March 1919. Following an aviation accident he gave up football and became a journalist. He is credited with introducing the professional championship in France, in 1932. Hanot and his colleague at ''

Jacques Ferran Jacques Ferran (30 March 1920 – 7 February 2019) was a French sports journalist and author. He was the editor-in-chief at '' L'Equipe'' and the director of ''France Football''. He contributed to the creation of the European Cup and the Ballon d ...

were the prime movers behind getting the

established.

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Biography

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