Robert Guerin was born June 28, 1876 in France, was the President of FIFA ( International Federation of Association Football) from 1904-1906. He was the first president of FIFA, and died in 1952.
He worked as a journalist at LE MATIN newspaper and was secretary of the USFSA's football committee. He was also manager of the French National Football Team between 1904 and 1906.
Under what circumstances Mr Guerin became FIFA President?? The need for a single body to oversee the worldwide game became apparent at the beginning of the 20th century with the increasing popularity of international fixtures. The Football Association had chaired many discussions on setting up an international body, but was perceived as making NO PROGRESS.
It fell to seven other European countries to band together to form this association. FIFA was founded in PARIS on May 21, 1904-----the French name and acronym persist to this day, even outside French-speaking countries. Robert Guerin was its first president under whom FIFA presided over its first international competition in 1906, but this met with little approval or success. This, in combination with economic factors, led to the swift replacement of GUERIN with Daniel Burley Woolfall from England, the second FIFA President that will be the topic of my next post.
This was how the trophy looked like during Guerin's tenure.
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