Jules Rimet
French football administrator (1873–1956)
Jules Ernest Séraphin Valentin Rimet (French: [ʒyl ʁimɛ]; 14 October 1873 – 16 October 1956) was a French football administrator who was the 3rd president of FIFA, serving from 1921 to 1954. He is FIFA's longest-serving president, in office for 33 years.2
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Born Oct 14, 1873, died Oct 16, 1956.1
About
He also served as the president of the French Football Federation from 1919 to 1942, and again from 1944 to 1949.
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.
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Companies
- French Football FederationChair Apr 7, 1919 to 194914
Early life and education
- Date not recordedCollège La Rochefoucauld3
Jules Ernest Séraphin Valentin Rimet was born on 14 October 1873 in the commune of Theuley, in the department of Haute-Saône in eastern France. His father was a grocer, and the family moved to Paris in 1884 when Jules was eleven years old. He became a lawyer, and in 1897 he started a sports club called Red Star which, due to Rimet's ideals, did not discriminate against its members on the basis of class. One of the sports played at the club was football, which was becoming popular. When Rimet was 17, Pope Leo XIII released his encyclical on the dignity of work, Rerum novarum, which would have a profound effect on the young Catholic Rimet, and sparked his efforts to promote these views.
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Career
Occupation: sports executive, lawyer.8
- 1944 to 1949President, French Football Federation5
- 1931 to 1947President, National Sports Commitee5
- 1921 to 1954President of FIFA5
- 1921 to 1954Chair, FIFA7
- 1919 to 1949Chair, French Football Federation6
- 1919 to 1942President, French Football Federation5
- 1897 to 1910President, Red Star F.C.5
- Date not recordedWorked at National Sports Commitee4
- Date not recordedWorked at French Football Federation4
- Date not recordedWorked at Red Star F.C.4
- Date not recordedWorked at Football association4
- Date not recordedWorked at FIFA4
Rimet died in Suresnes, Seine, 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.
The original World Cup trophy was named the Jules Rimet Trophy in his honour. It was stolen just prior to the 1966 World Cup in England, but was found by the dog Pickles. Brazil won the tournament for the third time at the 1970 World Cup, and were awarded the trophy permanently. It was stolen again, in Rio de Janeiro in 1983; while it is believed to have been melted down by the thieves, there is no conclusive proof of this. The Brazilian Football Confederation subsequently had a replica of the trophy made. Rumours of the various disappearances of the trophy, and its final resting place, still persist. A statue of Rimet stands in Theuley in the middle of a penalty box, complete with goal.
Rimet was portrayed by Academy Award-nominated French actor Gérard Depardieu in the 2014 biographical drama United Passions.
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Personal life
Awards
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- 15Wikimedia CommonsJules Rimet photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain