Gabriel Hanot

Gabriel Hanot ( born November 6, 1889 in Arras; † August 10, 1968 ) was a French football player, journalist and editor of the sports newspaper L' Équipe.

Hanot played to his playing days at U.S. Tourcoing and ASF Le Perreux in northern France as well as from 1916 in the AS Française Paris. Between 1908 and 1919 the player used on the left side also contributed twelve times the national team, scoring three goals; in several of these matches was his defensive partner Lucien Gamblin, later also a renowned sports journalist. After a serious plane crash had Hanot end to his sports career in 1919 and worked as a journalist for L'Auto, the predecessor of L' Equipe.

In addition, he was true to his sports always associated intense and energetic: back in the early 1920s he made ​​proposals, such as the emerging women's football could be systematically improved, organized coach training and youth competitions.

From 1946 to 1949 he was one of the two technical directors ( Sélectionneurs ) of the French Football Federation FFF, the nominated players for the national team. After the Équipe Tricolore 1949 against Spain conceded a 1:5 home defeat, demanded the journalist Hanot in L' Équipe the resignation of the association responsible Hanot.

Gabriel Hanot regarded as the intellectual father of the European Cup of Champions and as the inventor of the event to the choice of Europe's best footballer ( " Ballon d'Or ").

In an article in December 1954, he proposed to create a European Cup for club teams to crown the best team in Europe. This competition is the national champion of all associations of UEFA should participate. Hanot also campaigned in person at the associations and for eligible clubs for his idea and reached so that the competition was actually launched by the reluctant UEFA in March 1955.

1956 took place, initiated by Hanot election to the European Footballer of the Year for the first time.

  • Football players (France)
  • Football functionary (France)
  • Sports journalist
  • Journalist (France)
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1889
  • Died in 1968
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