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Georges Garnier

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Georges Garnier
Georges Garnier at the 1900 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Jean Marie Georges Garnier
Date of birth (1878-05-14)14 May 1878
Place of birth 6th arrondissement of Paris, France
Date of death 2 February 1936(1936-02-02) (aged 57)
Place of death 10th arrondissement of Paris, France
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1895–1897 Racing Club de France
(athletics) [fr]
1896–1906 Club Français
1902 Stade Bordelais UC
International career
1900 France (Olympic) 2 (0)
1904–1905 France (unofficial) 4 (1)
1904–1905 France 3 (0)
1905 Paris 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
Football at the Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 1900 Paris Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean Marie Georges Garnier (14 May 1878 – 2 February 1936) was a French footballer who played as a forward and who competed in the football tournament at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, winning a silver medal as a member of the USFSA Olympic team representing France, which was primarily made up of Club Français players.[1][2]

He also played for the official French national team in 1904–05,[2][3] making his debut at the age of 26, and thus being the oldest member who ever played for the Bleus.[4]

Early life

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Georges Garnier was born in the 6th arrondissement of Paris on 14 May 1878, as the son of a baker, and together with the Huteau brothers and Fernand Canelle, he was a member of the small group of middle school students from the Lycée Chaptal who, in 1893, founded an unofficial club called the Etoile Sportive Parisiennne, which played on the pitch at the Château de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne, and which was soon absorbed by Club Français, so called because it did not include any English players.[4]

Footballing career

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Club career

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Garnier in 1896.

Club Français joined the USFSA in March 1894, and on 22 April of the same year, the 15-year-old Garnier played on the left wing in the semifinal of the inaugural USFSA championship, which ended in a 0–1 loss to The White Rovers.[4] Together with Lucien Huteau, Marcel Lambert, Gaston Peltier, and captain Eugène Fraysse, Garnier was a starter in the Club Français team that won the 1896 USFSA Football Championship,[5] doing so without losing a single match, and with Garnier netting 6 goals.[4]

On 3 April 1898, he started in the final of the 1898 USFSA Football Championship against Standard AC at Courbevoie, which ended in a 2–3 loss.[6] In the following year, on 16 April 1899, he started in the play-off match against Standard AC to decide the 1898–99 USFSA Paris championship [fr], scoring once in an eventual 3–2 win.[7] This victory qualified the club to the 1899 USFSA national championship, in which Club Français withdrew from the final before facing Le Havre AC.[8] Later that year, on 23 October 1899, he started in the 1899 Coupe Manier final at Suresnes, helping his side to a 6–0 win over RC Roubaix.[9]

On 29 April 1900, Garnier sustained an injury during the 1900 Challenge International du Nord final against Le Havre AC, so he changed to the position of goalkeeper, conceding a goal in extra-time in a 2–3 loss.[10] He thus missed the final of the 1900 USFSA Football Championship on 6 May, which ended in another loss to Le Havre AC (0–1), partly because Club Français' "forward line was disorganized due to the absence of Garnier".[11] Later that year, on 23 December, Garnier started in the 1900 Coupe Manier final at Joinville, helping his side to a 1–0 win over UA I arrondissement.[12] In the following week, on 31 December, in a match against Croydon FC, Garnier found the back of the net "30 metres from the goal", which was uncommon in a time when players used dribbling and short passes to bring the ball to 6 metres, in order to shoot at point-blank range.[4]

In early 1902, Garnier intended to settle permanently in Bordeaux, playing a few games for the Stade Bordelais UC, but he ultimately decided to return to Paris.[4]

On 4 January 1903, Garnier started in the 1902 Coupe Manier final against Olympique Lillois, scoring a hat-trick to help his side to a 7–0 win.[13] His third goal was described as "Garnier seized the ball, dribbled, and after running the entire length of the field, scored another goal with an irresistible shot".[4][13] Three months later, on 15 March, he started in the 1903 Coupe Dewar final against United SC, which ended in a 3–4 loss.[14]

In 1905, Garnier was described as "the type of centre-forward, tall, with weight, distributing the play well and knowing how to shoot".[4] He retired in 1905, at the age of 27, although he appeared on the fields sporadically in 1906 and even one last time in December 1907, aged 29.[4]

International career

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Garnier (seated on the floor, second from left) with the French team at the 1900 Olympics.

Garnier was listed as a forward for the USFSA team at the 1900 Olympic Games.[15] He was selected for both matches, which ended in a 0–4 loss to Upton Park on 20 September, and in a 6–2 victory over Belgium, which was mostly made up of students from the French-speaking Université libre de Bruxelles.[4][16] The French team came second and Garnier was thus awarded with a silver medal.[1][2]

Garnier on his debut for France on 1 May 1904.

In 1903 and 1904, Garnier played three matches for unofficial French national teams, namely against Corinthian (4–11), as well as Southampton twice (0–11, and 1–6), which was already a professional team at the time; he even scored a consolation goal against Corinthians at the Parc des Princes.[4] The scale of the defeats did not ruin the enthusiasm, because the French then had the modesty to consider themselves as pupils of their British masters.[4] On 7 March 1905, he played for a France XI (USFSA) in a friendly match against a London League XI, which ended in a 1–3 loss.[4]

On 1 May 1904, Garnier was one of the eleven footballers who played in France's first-ever official match, a friendly cup match against Belgium at the Stade du Vivier d'Oie, providing an assist to Gaston Cyprès's 87th-minute equalizer to salvage a 3–3 draw.[4][3][17] Aged 26, he was the oldest player in the French team, because at that time the practice of football concerned young people and often stopped with marriage, so he remains the earlier born player to have ever played for the Blues.[4] He earned his final two international caps for France in 1905, in friendly matches against Switzerland and Belgium.[3][2][18][19]

On 2 April 1905, the USFSA selected Garnier as the captain of the Paris football team in the very first Paris-Nord match (an annual test match for the French national team), helping his side to a 4–1 win.[20]

Athletic career

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Georges Garnier (RCF), the 1897 French champion in the 800 meters.

An accomplished and well-rounded athlete, Garnier was one of the best members of Racing Club de France (athletics) [fr], being a French champion in the 400 metres in 1895 and the 800 metres in 1897, and winning the first edition of the Prix de France 1896 (200 metres flat of the RCF).[21]

His brother André, also from the RCF, was French champion of the 100 meters in 1896 and vice-champion in 1897, as well as vice-champion of the 400 meters that year. They should not be confused with a Garnier of US Le Mans [fr], active between 1903 and 1906 in the 400 meters hurdles, 110 meters hurdles, as well as in the pole vault.[citation needed]

Later life

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Outside of football, Garnier was a modest office worker, becoming a fabric salesman, and on 4 February, Garnier and Peltier had to leave the field during a match in order to catch a train back to work.[4]

Garnier, then an accountant, died in the 10th arrondissement of Paris on 2 February 1936, at the age of 57.[2][3][22]

Honours

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Club

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Club Français

International

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France MNT

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Georges Garnier". www.fff.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Georges Garnier, international footballer". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Les premiers Bleus: Georges Garnier, à jamais le premier" [The first Blues: Georges Garnier, forever the first]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 30 June 2023. Archived from the original on 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  5. ^ Denaunay, Stéphane; De Ryswick, Jacques; Cornu, Jean; Vermand, Dominique (July 1989). 100 ans de football en France [100 years of football in France] (in French). Paris: Atlas. p. 27. ISBN 9782731207434. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
  6. ^ "Le Championnat de France - Victoirie du Standard" [The French Championship - Victory of Standard]. www.retronews.fr (in French). Le Journal des sports. 4 April 1898. p. 2. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Championnat de Paris - Club Français contre Standard Athletic Club" [Paris Championship - Club Français against Standard Athletic Club]. www.retronews.fr (in French). Le Journal des sports. 17 April 1899. p. 2. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  8. ^ "1898-99 season in France". RSSSF. 29 August 2024. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  9. ^ "La Coupe Manier". www.retronews.fr (in French). Le Journal des sports. 23 October 1899. p. 2. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Le Challenge du Nord - Victoire des Havrais" [The Challenge of the North - Victory of Le Havre]. www.retronews.fr (in French). Le Journal des sports. 30 April 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Championnat de France - Club Français (1) contre La Havre AC (1)" [French Championship - Club Français (1) against La Havre AC (1)]. www.retronews.fr (in French). Le Journal des sports. 7 May 1900. p. 2. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  12. ^ "La Coupe Manier". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 24 December 1900. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Coupe Manier - Le Club Français vainqueur dans la finale" [Manier Cup - The French Club wins in the final]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 5 January 1903. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Coupe Dewar finale" [Coupe Dewar final]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 16 March 1903. p. 7. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Paris 1900, en sport de démonstration" [Paris 1900, in demonstration sport]. www.fff.fr (in French). 10 July 2024. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Games of the II. Olympiad". RSSSF. 12 May 2022. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  17. ^ "Belgium v France, 01 May 1904 - 11v11 match report". www.11v11.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  18. ^ "Georges Garnier - Stats et palmarès" [Georges Garnier - Stats and titles]. www.footballdatabase.eu (in French). Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  19. ^ "Georges Garnier, footballeur de l'équipe de France de football" [Georges Garnier, footballer of the French football team]. www.equipe-france.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  20. ^ "Joueurs Parisiens contre Joueurs du Nord (U.S.F.S.A.)" [Parisian Players versus Northern Players (U.S.F.S.A.)]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 3 April 1905. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  21. ^ "Palmarès du Prix Ravaut (ou Prix de France)" [Prize winners of the Prix Ravaut (or Prix de France)]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). La Vie au grand air. 17 November 1901. p. 688. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  22. ^ "Le monde et les sports" [The world and sports]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 4 February 1936. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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