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Henri Dapples
Henri Arthur Dapples (4 May 1871 – 9 May 1920) was a Swiss footballer who played as a forward for Genoa CFC, winning the first Italian Football Championship and four subsequent national titles. Biography Family background Henri Dapples was born in Genoa, but was of Swiss nationality. He was the son of a banker from Lausanne and a member of the Dapples family, originally from the Canton of Vaud. A branch of this family settled in Genoa in 1820 to develop its business activities. Dapples had strong footballing connections: his maternal uncles Jean De Fernex, Charles De Fernex, and Eugène De Fernex were early football pioneers in Turin. Personal life and later years Following his football career, Dapples moved to Grezzano, a hamlet of Borgo San Lorenzo in Tuscany, where he lived in a villa (''Villa al Monte'') given to him by his uncle, Edmond Dapples, a retired surgeon. There, in 1917, he married his cousin Henriette (also known as Enrichetta Elena) in Florence, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitants, more than 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. On the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean: it is the busiest city in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union. Genoa was the capital of one of the most powerful maritime republics for over seven centuries, from the 11th century to 1797. Particularly from the 12th century to the 15th century, the city played a leading role in the history of commerce and trade in Europe, becoming one of the largest naval powers of the continent and considered among the wealthiest cities in the world. It was also nicknamed ''la S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
