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Fernand Desrousseaux
Fernand Louis Adolphe Desrousseaux (23 October 1879 – 26 August 1956) was a French footballer who played as a goalkeeper for US Tourquennoise, and who competed in the football tournament of the 1908 Olympic Games in London, doing so as a member of the France B squad. He was also a referee and a manager. Early life and education Fernand Desrousseaux was born in Tourcoing on 23 October 1879. Just like his fellow future internationals Émile Sartorius, Adrien Filez, André François, and Gabriel Hanot, Desrousseaux was introduced to football at the by an English teacher, Achille Beltette (1864–1932), with whom he co-founded a non-school club, the US Tourquennoise, in May 1898, along with Albert Fromentin, one of the supervisors of the same high school. Footballing career Refereeing career In 1900, Desrousseaux took the exam to become an official referee, which he passed. He refereed several matches, most notably the final of the 1905 Challenge International du Nord, which wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourcoing
Tourcoing (; ; ; ) is a city in northern France on the Belgian border. It is designated municipally as a commune within the department of Nord. Located to the north-northeast of Lille, adjacent to Roubaix, Tourcoing is the chef-lieu of two cantons and the fourth largest city in the French region of Hauts-de-France ranked by population with about 97,000 inhabitants. Together with the cities of Lille, Roubaix, Villeneuve-d'Ascq and eighty-six other communes, Tourcoing is part of four-city-centred metropolitan area inhabited by more than 1.1 million people: the Métropole Européenne de Lille. To a greater extent, Tourcoing belongs to a vast conurbation formed with the Belgian cities of Mouscron, Kortrijk and Tournai, which gave birth to the first European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation in January 2008, '' Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai'' with an aggregate of just over 2 million inhabitants. History The city was the site of a significant victory for France during the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Beltette
Achille Victor Albert Beltette (11 December 1864 – July 1932) was an English teacher, and a union activist of the Federation of Secondary School Teachers in the Seine. Outside of his academic career, he was also the Municipal Councilor of Tourcoing from 1912 to 1920, and a member of the Food Relief Committee during the German occupation of 1914–18. He was also one of the founders of US Tourquennoise in May 1898, whose team was mainly composed of students from the Tourquennois high school. Early life and education Achille Beltette was born in Harbonnières, Somme, on 11 December 1864, as the son of Jean-Baptiste, a wheelwright, and Victorine Devillers, who had no profession. Beltette attended primary school in his native village, run by the teacher Evariste Harduin, to whom he was very grateful for his teaching and who encouraged him to undertake secondary studies at the college of Saint-Riquier (Somme). Academic career After obtaining his baccalaureate in literature, Belt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cap (sport)
In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the early days of football, the concept of each team wearing a set of matching shirts had not been universally adopted, so each side would distinguish itself from the other by wearing a specific sort of cap. An early illustration of the 1872 Scotland v England football match, first international football match between Scotland and England in 1872 shows the Scottish players wearing cowls, and the English wearing a variety of school caps. The practice was first approved on 10 May 1886 for association football after a proposal made by N. Lane Jackson, founder of the Corinthian F.C., Corinthians: The act of awarding a cap is now international and is applied to other sports. Although in some sports physical caps may not now always be given (wheth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Beau (footballer)
Ernest Henri Beau, also known as Henri Coulon (28 November 1881 – 27 June 1928), was a French footballer who played as a goalkeeper for CA Paris and the French national team between 1902 and 1911. At club level, he won a three-peat of Coupe Manier titles (1905–07), and was a three-time French champion in water polo (1905–06 and 1908), and even secretary of CA Paris. Early life Henri Beau was born in 14th arrondissement of Paris on 28 November 1881, as the son of Joseph-Henri, a storekeeper, and a cook, who married in July 1881; since the child was born in November, the bride was already 5 months pregnant. Club career Nationale de Saint-Mandé In 1897, the 16-year-old Beau took out a license with the ''Nationale de Saint-Mandé'', which later became FC Paris and then CA Paris. In October 1899, just a month shy of his 18th birthday, he started for Saint-Mandé in a USFSA Paris Championship match against US Puteaux. After several years playing in the club's youth ranks and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Renaux
André Jean Marie Renaux (29 August 1882 – 27 May 1924) was a French footballer who played as a goalkeeper for RC Roubaix and the French national team in the early 20th century. Together with his brother Charles, he played a crucial role in the Racing team that won six consecutive Northern championships from 1903 to 1908, and then reached six consecutive finals of the French championship, winning five (1903–04, 1906, and 1908). Playing career André Renaux was born in Roubaix on 29 August 1882, as the son of a broker in the wool industry. Due to his height of 1.82 meters tall, Renaux became a goalkeeper, joining the ranks of RC Roubaix in the early 1900s, and becoming the starting goalkeeper of the club's first team in 1902, aged 20. On 3 May 1903, Renaux started in the final of the Challenge International du Nord, which ended in a 0–4 loss to Racing Club de Bruxelles, and on 2 January 1904, the Renaux brothers started in a friendly match against the English club Eastbourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Tillette
Maurice Tillette (29 December 1884 – 26 August 1973) was a French footballer. He competed in the men's 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 .... References External links * 1884 births 1973 deaths French men's footballers France men's international footballers Olympic footballers for France Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Men's association football goalkeepers US Boulogne players Footballers from Boulogne-sur-Mer 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zacharie Baton
Zacharie Théodore Baton (20 September 1886 – 21 February 1925) was a French footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Olympique Lillois and the French national team in the early 20th century. Early life and education Zacharie Baton was born in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, on 20 September 1886, as the son of Alphonse Charles Zacharie Baton, a locksmith. Most of his family bears the first name of Zacharie, and likewise, one of his uncles, Zacharie Constant Théodore Baton, was a well-known painter. Playing career Early career Baton began playing in the youth ranks of his hometown club Racing Club d'Arras, eventually reaching the first team in 1902, aged 15. In 1903, the 16-year-old Baton was approached by a member of the USFSA Association Commission, André Billy, who had traveled from Lille to Arras to personally convince his parents, as well as the director of the college where young Zacharie was studying as a boarder, to let him come every weekend to Lille to guard the goals of Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forward (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a forward (attacker or striker) is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position which primarily plays further up the pitch than Midfielder, midfielders and Defender (association football), defenders. As with any attacking player, the role of the forward relies heavily on being able to create space for attack. Their advanced position and limited defensive responsibilities mean forwards normally score more goals on behalf of their team than other players. Attacking positions generally favour direct players who take on the defense of the opponent in order to create scoring chances, where they benefit from a lack of predictability in attacking play. Formation (association football), Modern team formations normally include one to three forwards. For example, the common Formation (association football)#4–2–3–1, 4–2–3–1 includes one forward. Less conventional formations may include more than three forwards, or sometimes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USFSA Football Northern Championship
The USFSA Football Northern Championship was a French football competition, contested annually between 1898 and 1914 and organized by the Northern Committee of the Union of French Athletic Sports Societies (USFSA), which brought together clubs from the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments. From 1899 onwards, the winner of this regional competition qualified for the USFSA Football Championship, where the northern clubs competed with the Parisian clubs, becoming French champion seven times, including five from RC Roubaix, and one each from both US Tourquennoise and Olympique lillois. Thanks to the results of the Lions of Flanders and Olympique Lillois in the early 1910s, it can reasonably be said that northern football was the best in France, but then the First World War broke out, in which Northern France was occupied for 4 years, thus interrupting the activities of the team and causing the death of many of its players. On 19 August 1919, the Northern Football Association League (LNF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Football Team
The Paris football team () is an association football scratch team mainly consisting of players from Paris, but also of players hailing from other regions and countries playing for Parisian clubs or in the Parisian League. This scratch team was initially selected by the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA), then by the Ligue de Football Association (LFA), and finally by the French Football Federation (FFF). The Paris football team plays one-off games against clubs, regional teams, or collectives of other confederations, and as such, no governing body in the sport officially recognizes the team. History The USFSA era Even before football was recognized by the USFSA in January 1894, the Parisian clubs White Rovers and Standard AC, both of whom consisting mostly of English players, formed an agreement to face the English club Marylebone FC, which came to play in Paris during the Easter holidays of 1893; the English logically won 3–0. On the following da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
