Albert Eloy (footballer, born 1892)
 Eloy (sixth, from the left) on 4 January 1914. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 April 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Carnin, Nord, France | ||
| Date of death | 7 January 1947 (aged 54) | ||
| Place of death | Anor, France | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1908–1919 | Olympique Lillois | ||
| International career | |||
| 1911–1912 | France | 3 | (2) |
| 1913–1914 | France | 2 | (2) |
| 1914 | Northern France | +1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Albert Eloy (17 April 1892 – 7 January 1947) was a French footballer who played as a forward for Olympique Lillois and the French national team in the 1910s.[2][3][1]
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Albert Eloy was born in Carnin, Nord, on 17 April 1892, and due to his great size of 1.81 meters,[1] he quickly stood out as a great center-forward, becoming a French school champion with the Faidherbe high school.[4] He then joined the ranks of Olympique Lillois in 1908, aged 16.[1] On 19 February 1911, Eloy scored the opening goal in an eventual 3–0 win over RC Roubaix; this victory secured the 1911 USFSA Northern Championship, the very first title in the club's history, thus finally putting an end to the invincibility of Roubaix and US Tourquennoise.[5]
On 5 April 1914, Eloy started in the final of the 1914 USFSA Football Championship, scoring twice to help his side to a 3–0 win over Olympique de Cette.[6] Three weeks later, on 26 April, he started in the final of the Trophée de France at the Charentonneau, helping his side to a 4–1 win over.[7]
International career
[edit]On 23 March 1911, just a month after helping Lillois win its first-ever title, the USFSA selected the 19-year-old Eloy to play an unofficial match between UIAFA's France and AFA's England at the Parc de Princes; he scored his side's only goal in a 1–3 loss.[8] On 1 January 1912, he played another match against the AFA, this time in London, and he again scored the only goal for France (1–7).[8] He was also a member of the French squad that participated in the 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament at Roubaix, an unofficial European Championship organized by UIAFA, in which France was knocked out in the semifinals by Bohemia (1–4).[8][9]
When the USFSA joined the CFI in 1913, Eloy finally became eligible to play for the official French national team, making his debut on 9 March, in a friendly match against Switzerland at Geneva, scoring twice to help his side to a 4–1 win.[3][1][10] On 4 January 1914, Eloy played for the so-called Lions des Flandres, a regional scratch team representing Northern France, in a friendly against the Paris football team; he scored the opening goal in an eventual 3–1 win.[11] This performance earned him his second selection for the national team, in a friendly against Belgium, but he remained an unused substitute.[citation needed]
Eloy finally earned his second and last international cap against Luxembourg on 8 February 1914, but failed to score as France surprisingly lost 4–5.[3][1][10]
Later life
[edit]Eloy retired from playing in 1919.[12] He then settled as a military doctor in Anor, and in that same year, he founded the town's football club with the help of the few enthusiasts of the village, such as Lucien Bottiau, Jean Troisfontaine, Raoul Martin, André Fillette, and the Franco-Argentine Paul Million, a high-class goalkeeper.[13][14] He later settled in Aisne.[15]
Death
[edit]Eloy died in Anor on 7 January 1947, at the age of 54.[3][1]
Honours
[edit]- USFSA Football Northern Championship
- Champions (3): 1911, 1913, and 1914
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Albert Eloy". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Albert Eloy". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Albert Eloy, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Mon plus beau souvenir de footbaler par l'international Eloy" [My best memory of football by the international Eloy]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). La Vie sportive du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais and the Union sportive réunies. 7 February 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Olympique Lillois bat le Racing Club de Roubaix par 3 buts à 0" [Olympique Lillois beats Racing Club de Roubaix by 3 goals to 0]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Dunkerque Sports. 26 February 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "L'Olympique Lillois devient champion de France" [Olympique Lillois becomes champion of France]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Matin. 6 April 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Olympique Lillois est champion de France" [Olympique Lillois are the champions of France]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 27 April 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "L'équipe de France de l'UIAFA" [The UIAFA French team]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 4 November 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Grand Tournoi Européen (Roubaix) 1911". RSSSF. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Albert Eloy (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "1913–14 Saison de football" [1913–14 football season] (PDF). footnostalgie.free.fr (in French). p. 38-46. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Nos shots" [Our shots]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). La vie sportive du Nord de la France. 5 September 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "La fabuleuse histoire du football Anorien" [The fabulous history of Anorien football]. anor2007.unblog.fr (in French). 15 July 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Le club de football a quatre-vingt-treize ans" [The football club is ninety-three years old]. www.lavoixdunord.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Ce que sont devenus les anciens champions" [What happened to the former champions]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Miroir des sports. 4 November 1925. p. 341. Retrieved 3 December 2024.