Jules Rimet
Jules Rimet | |
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Rodolphe William Seeldrayers | |
President of FFF | |
In office 1919–1942 | |
Succeeded by | Henri Jevain |
In office 1944–1949 | |
Preceded by | Henri Jevain |
Succeeded by | Emmanuel Gambardella |
Personal details | |
Born | Île-de-France, France | 14 October 1873
Profession | Football administrator |
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Jules Rimet (French pronunciation:
On Rimet's initiative, the first FIFA World Cup was held in 1930. The Jules Rimet Trophy was named in his honour. He also founded French club Red Star, known as Red Star Club Français upon its creation in 1897.
Early life
Jules Rimet was born in 1873 in the commune of
Football and FIFA
Rimet was involved in the founding of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (International Federation of Association Football, commonly abbreviated to FIFA) in 1904, and, while the fledgling organisation had plans for a global professional tournament, it instead was involved in running an amateur tournament as part of the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]
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Following the war in 1919, he became President of the
The World Cup
In 1928 FIFA, under Rimet's leadership, went forward with plans for a "World Cup" which was held in Uruguay due to the nature of the professional game in South America, and in part because the Uruguayan Football Association offered to pay all travel costs. Rimet travelled to Uruguay for the World Cup on SS Conte Verde along with the competing European teams,[5] all the while carrying the trophy in his bag.[2]
However Rimet's decisions on where to host the first few World Cups led to criticism: European nations complained about the 1930 World Cup because players would be out of domestic tournaments for three months. This was the key reason why, of the European nations, only four (
Following the Second World War, the British football associations agreed to take part from the 1950 FIFA World Cup onwards, where Rimet himself handed over the trophy to the triumphant Uruguayan team when Uruguay won the tournament for the second time.[6] Rimet's efforts in establishing the tournament earned him a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1956.[2]
Later life and legacy
Rimet died in Suresnes, France in 1956, two days after his 83rd birthday. In 2004, he was posthumously made a member of the FIFA Order of Merit, which was collected by his grandson Yves Rimet. He is credited with being the inventor of the World Cup.[7]
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References
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- ^ "History of FIFA - More associations follow". FIFA. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ Murray, Scott (23 March 2011). "Which Fifa presidents have served longer than Sepp Blatter?". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ a b "History of FIFA - The first FIFA World Cup". FIFA. Archived from the original on 5 November 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "Uruguay world's champion". The Guardian. 16 July 1950. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "Sheffield FC are Real's equals at FIFA Congress". The Star. 22 May 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jules Rimet Cup". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ Kuper, Simon (3 March 2012). "My quest for football's Holy Grail". The Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
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- Jean-Yves Guillain, La Coupe du monde de football, l'œuvre de Jules Rimet, Éditions Amphora, 1998