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Victor Sergent
Victor Léon Bentall-Sergent (9 August 1886 – 28 December 1923) was a French association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender for Racing Club de France Football, Racing Club de France, ÉFC Fréjus Saint-Raphaël, Stade Raphaëlois, and the France national football team, French national team between 1906 and 1913. He is one of the few players to win the USFSA Football Championship with two different clubs, having done so with Racing in 1907 USFSA Football Championship, 1907, and with Raphaëlois in 1912 USFSA Football Championship, 1912. Early life and education Victor Léon Bentall-Sergent was born in Saint-Raphaël, Var on 9 August 1886, as the son of Joseph Léon Sergent (1861–1931), an architect who designed and oversaw the construction of a villa in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Côte d'Azur at the request of the Bentall family, which had chosen that region as a holiday destination, a common choice among the wealthy English famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Raphaël, Var
Saint-Raphaël (; ) is a commune in the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France. Immediately to the west of Saint-Raphaël lies a larger and older town, Fréjus; together they form an urban agglomeration known as Var Estérel Méditerranée, which also encompasses the smaller communes of Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel, Puget-sur-Argens and Roquebrune-sur-Argens. In the second half of the 19th century, the township came under the influence of Mayor Felix Martin and writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr; owing to their efforts and its beneficial climate the commune developed into a seaside resort popular with artists, sportsmen and politicians. It is the seat of the canton of Saint-Raphaël, also encompassing Fréjus and Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel, which is the economic and cultural centre of Eastern Var, within the arrondissement of Draguignan. Its inhabitants are called ''Raphaëlois'' in French generally, or ''Rafelencs'' in Provençal Occitan. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
