Pierre Delaunay (9 October 1919 – 23 January 2019) was the second General Secretary of
UEFA
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. He succeeded his father
Henri Delaunay
Henri Delaunay (15 June 1883 – 9 November 1955) was a French football administrator.
Biography
After playing for the Paris team Étoile des Deux Lacs, Delaunay became a referee. He retired following an incident during a match between ...
in the post, on an interim basis from his father's death on 9 November 1955 and then officially from 8 June 1956. He died in
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...
on 23 January 2019, aged 99.
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References
UEFA website
1919 births
2019 deaths
People from Paris
UEFA officials
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