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Georges Bayrou

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Georges Bayrou
Georges Bayrou in 1905
Personal information
Date of birth (1883-12-21)21 December 1883
Place of birth Sète, France
Date of death 5 December 1953(1953-12-05) (aged 69)
Place of death Montpellier, France
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1908 Gallia Club Paris
International career
1908 France 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georges Bayrou (21 December 1883 – 5 December 1953) was a French footballer.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

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Bayrou played for Gallia Club Paris in 1904–1908, where he won the 1905 USFSA Football Championship. On 22 October 1908, he played his first and only match for France in a 17–1 defeat against Denmark during the 1908 Summer Olympics.[3]

In 1908, he became the president of Olympique de Cette, which later became FC Sète, in which they won two Coupe de France in 1930 and 1934, and two Division 1 titles in 1933–34 and 1938–39, during his tenure. The Stade Georges-Bayrou stadium is named after him.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Georges Bayrou". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georges Bayrou Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Georges Bayrou" (in French). fff.fr.
  4. ^ "Enceintes mythiques : le stade Georges Bayrou de Sète " la mecque du football "". docteur-es-sport.fr (in French). 27 September 2013.
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