Jules Rimet - 必应 Sign in Jules Rimet Jules Rimet (French pronunciation: ​[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. He also served as the president of the French Football Federation from 1919 to 1942. 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 the French football club Red Star Saint-Ouen. Jules Rimet Early life Jules Rimet was born in 1873 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. Jules Rimet Football and FIFA Rimet was involved in the founding of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (International Federation of Association Football, commonly abbreviated to FIFA) in 1904, and, while the fledgling organisation had plans for a global professional tournament, it instead was involved in running an amateur tournament as part of the 1908 Summer Olympics. The First World War put Rimet's and FIFA's plans on hold. Rimet served in the French Army as an officer and was decorated with a Croix de Guerre. Following the war in 1919, he became President of the French Football Federation, and then President of FIFA on 1 March 1921. He would hold the post until 1954 becoming the longest reigning President to date, taking the membership of the organisation from twelve up to 85 nations, despite losing the membership of the English, Welsh and Scottish Football Associations during the early years. After taking up the post he moved once again to start a global tournament, but was opposed by the amateur football associations and Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the International Olympic Committee.

The World Cup In 1928 FIFA, under Rimet's leadership, went forward with plans for a "World Cup" which was held in Uruguay due to the nature of the professional game in South America, and in part because the Uruguayan Football Association offered to pay all travel costs. Rimet traveled to Uruguay for the World Cup on SS Conte Verde along with the competing European teams, all the while carrying the trophy in his bag. However Rimet's decisions on where to host the first few World Cups led to criticism: European nations complained about the 1930 World Cup because players would be out of domestic tournaments for three months, which was why only France, Belgium, Romania and Yugoslavia sent teams to compete, and those only competed because of Rimet's influence. The following World Cup was held in Italy under the Fascist rule of Benito Mussolini, which was used to promote its regime; something that Rimet was accused of ignoring. Following the Second World War, the British football associations agreed to take part from the 1950 World Cup onwards, where Rimet himself handed over the trophy to the triumphant Uruguayan team when Uruguay won the tournament for the second time.

Rimet's efforts in establishing the tournament earned him a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1956. Jules Rimet Later life and legacy Rimet died in Suresnes, France 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 honor. 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 was awarded the trophy permanently. It was stolen once more in Rio de Janeiro in 1983 and is believed to have been melted down by the thieves, although there is no conclusive proof of this. The Brazilian Football Confederation had a replica of the trophy made. Rumours of the various disappearances of the trophy and its final resting place continue to the present day.

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 Gerard Depardieu in the 2014 biographical drama United Passions. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Jules Rimet: The man who kicked off the World Cup". The Independent. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2012. ^ "History of FIFA - More associations follow". FIFA. Retrieved 10 April 2012. ^ Murray, Scott (23 March 2011). "Which Fifa presidents have served longer than Sepp Blatter?". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2012. ^ a b "History of FIFA - The first FIFA World Cup". FIFA. Retrieved 10 April 2012. ^ "Uruguay world's champion". The Guardian. 16 July 1950. Retrieved 10 April 2012. ^ "Sheffield FC are Real’s equals at FIFA Congress". The Star. 22 May 2004.

Retrieved 10 April 2012. ^ "Jules Rimet Cup". FIFA. Retrieved 10 April 2012. ^ Kuper, Simon (3 March 2012). "My quest for football’s Holy Grail". The Financial Times. Retrieved 10 April 2012. Jean-Yves Guillain, La Coupe du monde de football, l'œuvre de Jules Rimet, Éditions Amphora, 1998 ( Jules Rimet, Politician • Biography & Facts Jules Rimet Politician Jules Rimet (14 October 1873 – 16 October 1956) was a French football administrator who was the 3rd President of FIFA, serving from 1921 to 1954. He was FIFA's longest serving president, having served for 33 years. He also served as the president of the French Football Federation from 1919 to 1942.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 the French football club Red Star Saint-Ouen. Soccer-World-History of the World Cup from 1930-1950 Soccer-World-History of the World Cup from 1930-1950 Share By Mike Collett LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - The first of a five part history of the World Cup from Uruguay in 1930 up to the preparations for the 2014 finals in Brazil: Part One: The tournaments from 1930 to 1950: Uruguay 1930 Final: July 30 1930: Centenario Stadium, Montevideo URUGUAY 4 ARGENTINA 2 Attendance: 93,000 FIFA, world soccer's governing body, had discussed holding a World Cup since the early days of its conception in 1904, but the Olympic soccer tournament adequately served the purpose of establishing the best team in the world in the opening decades of the 20th century.

However, by the mid-1920s, with the growth of professionalism and the game establishing strong roots in Europe and South America, FIFA decided to go ahead with their own tournament which was awarded to Uruguay, the Olympic champions of 1924 and 1928. After some teething troubles and withdrawals, 13 countries entered and the European nations -- Belgium, Romania, Yugoslavia and France -- all travelled to South America on the same ship. During their two-week voyage they called in to Rio de Janeiro to courteously pick up the Brazilians. With no qualifying competition held, the first two matches started at the same time on July 13 1930 with France beating Mexico 4-1 and the United States beating Belgium 3-0. Frenchman Lucien Laurent scored the first goal of the tournament. Hosts Uruguay and neighbours Argentina contested the final, which Uruguay won 4-2 after trailing 2-1 at halftime. For the first and only time every match was played in one city, the capital Montevideo.

- - - Final: June 10 1934 :PNF Stadium, Rome ITALY 2 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 Attendance: 55,000 Holders Uruguay refused to compete in Italy feeling that the European nations had snubbed their tournament in 1930. With FIFA's membership now at more than 50 nations, a qualifying competition was held. The final qualifier was conducted three days before the competition started, with the U.S. beating Mexico 4-2 in Rome on May 24 before being knocked out 7-1 by Italy on May 27. Italy's ultimate triumph, to the delight of fascist leader Benito Mussolini, left both Argentina and Brazil disenchanted after they had travelled 13,000 kms for one game each in the first round. Italy beat Czechoslovakia 2-1 after extra time in the final, having trailed 1-0 until eight minutes from time. Antonin Puc put Czechoslovakia ahead after 70 minutes but Argentine-born Raimundo Orsi grabbed an equaliser and Angelo Schiavio scored an extra-time winner.

- - - Final: June 19 1938 Stade Colombes Paris ITALY 4 HUNGARY 2 Attendance: 55,000 Italy travelled to France and won the World Cup again but politics and the looming spectre of war kept away a number of top nations. Austria qualified but withdrew, though some of their players appeared in the colours of Germany, and Spain were absent as their country was ravaged by civil war. Argentina and Uruguay also stayed away. Brazil and Poland produced one of the greatest games of any World Cup in Strasbourg with the South Americans triumphing 6-5 after extra time thanks to four goals from Leonidas who played barefoot for a spell. In the final, Italy retained their title by beating Hungary 4-2. Gino Colaussi and Silvio Piola scored twice each for Italy, while Pal Titkos and Gyorgy Sarosi found the net for Hungary.

- - - July 16 1950: Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro URUGUAY 2 BRAZIL 1 Attendance: (estimated) 205,000 The 1950 finals have returned to the spotlight in recent years as a result of Brazil hosting this year's finals for the first time since then. As every student of the world game knows Uruguay's win over Brazil was not strictly speaking the final but effectively the deciding game in the final pool, and a draw would have given Brazil the world title. Their defeat, in the words of Pele and others remains the ghost in Brazil's footballing past and only a victory this summer will help expunge the memory somewhat. After World War Two (during which FIFA president Jules Rimet, the competition founder, reclaimed the trophy from Italy and kept it under his bed), the World Cup returned and Uruguay won it for a second time. Before that, the United States beat England 1-0 in Belo Horizonte in one of the greatest upsets in the game's history and Sweden's amateurs beat an Italian side still ravaged by the Superga air disaster that wiped out champions Torino the previous year.

Read More A mini-league format was used to determine the champions and Brazil, Sweden, Spain and Uruguay were the final contestants. Brazil needed only a draw in their clash with Uruguay to clinch the trophy but lost 2-1 at Rio's Maracana Stadium in front of an estimated crowd of 205,000, the largest to ever watch a match anywhere. Friaca put the majority of the crowd into raptures when he gave Brazil a lead two minutes into the second half, but Juan Alberto Schiaffino equalised for Uruguay on 66 minutes and Alcides Ghiggia plunged Brazil into a state of national mourning when he scored Uruguay's winner 10 minutes later. (Reporting by Mike Collett; Editing by Michael Hann) Reblog Problem Bob - FIFA World Football Museum posters PROBLEM BOB The history of the World Cup FIFA WORLD FOOTBALL MUSEUM Problem Bob’s Jonas Bergstrand was chosen by FIFA to design backdrop posters for their new football museum in Zürich. Posters covering the first nine World Cup tournaments encapsulating the era of the original Jules Rimet trophy were commissioned. From start to finish the assignment took almost two years to complete.

The final art is presented below along with an abridged retelling of the early history of the World Cup. Be sure not to miss out on the extra material filed under each poster. Enjoy! 1930 - Inaugural World Cup By 1930 football had outgrown the Olympics. Subsequently FIFA, founded in 1904, had gained enough momentum to stage the first ever World Cup. Uruguay, the then leading force in international football with two consecutive Olympic titles, were chosen to host the tournament. The massive Estadio Centenario, still in use and still Uruguay's national stadium, was built for the tournament but it was not fully completed by the time of the opening ceremony on the 18th of July — to the day one hundred years after Uruguay had won its independence. Before the opening was held five teams, including future superpower Brazil, had already been knocked out! International travel was spreading throughout the 1920´s but long-distance journeys were not easily undertaken. Few European teams participated in this inaugural World Cup because of traveling difficulties. And to boot the Egyptian team missed their connection in Marseille due to a mediterranean storm. Vacation was a concept very few had experienced by 1930.

Romania, for instance, only managed to take part in the tournament because their newly crowned king, Carol II, persuaded employing companies to grant footballers working for them extended holidays. After 17 matches the final stood between Uruguay and Argentina. Pre-tournament favourite and host Uruguay won and in front of 93,000 people received the soon to be iconic trophy portraying the godess Nike. THE MAKING OF THE 1930 POSTER >> 1934 - Coppa del Duce To participate in the 1934 World Cup teams had to qualify. Thirty-two nations entered the competition, and after qualification, sixteen teams were in the finals. Reigning champions Uruguay refused to take part due to the lukewarm European interest in the first tournament 1930. It took FIFA eight meetings before Italy was finally accepted as host for the second World Cup. A handsome budget of 3.5 million lire allocated by the Italian government most likely played a significant role in the choice of setting. The fascist leader Mussolini did not care much for football but he understood the political market value of a great sporting event and hence the necessity for Italian victory.

And so the second World Cup became plagued by fascist propaganda, sometimes brutal play and questionable refereeing. Aided by loose regulations surrounding the players nationality Italy formed a strong team including several South American stars of Italian descent. The team also saw a young Giuseppe Meazza making a big name for himself. In the end Italy won the final, beating Czechoslovakia 2–1. THE MAKING OF THE 1934 POSTER >> 1938 - Homecoming FIFA picked France as host in a meeting held in Berlin 1936. The World Cup was to come home to the country which had conceived it. In a volatile political landscape, it was the most European World Cup tournament ever staged: only three of the fifteen teams came from outside Europe. The decision in Berlin caused outrage in South America where it was assumed that the venue would alternate between the two continents. Both Uruguay and Argentina stayed home in dissapointment. Brazil, however, participated and their first superstar Leonidas da Silva was the tournaments top scorer. Fascism and Nazism swept across the continent during the thirties and lay a dark shadow over Europe. Spain was prevented from entering the tournament as civil war raged the country.

Austria disappeared in the Anschluss while stands and pitches in France saw ominous numbers of fascist- and nazi salutes. An Italian team littered with fascist symbolism as well as great players such as Giuseppe Meazza and Silvio Piola managed to defend their title. Italy was once again crowned world champion. The World Cup would not be held for another twelve years due to the outbreak of World War II. As a result Italy was the reigning World Cup holder for a record sixteen years. Throughout the war the Italian vice president of FIFA hid the trophy in a shoebox under his bed and thus saved it from falling into the hands of Nazi troops. THE MAKING OF THE 1938 POSTER >> 1950 - Maracanazo This was the fourth World Cup and the first since 1938 since the planned 1942 and 1946 competitions were cancelled owing to World War II. It was won by Uruguay, who had won the inaugural competition in 1930, clinching the cup by beating the hosts Brazil 2–1 in the deciding match of the four-team final group.

An estimated crowd of 205,000 fell silent as Alcides Ghiggia late in the game scored the winning goal. Ghiggia became the last surviving player from the match. He died at the age of 88 on 16 July 2015, exactly sixtyfive years after scoring the decisive goal. The Brazilian defeat spawned the still vivid and legendary term Maracanazo which roughly translates to The Maracanã Blow. After the 1950 disaster Brazil abandoned their all-white kit and have never again played dressed in white. THE MAKING OF THE 1950 POSTER >> 1954 - Das wunder von Bern There have probably never been greater favourites to win the World Cup than the Hungarians in 1954, and yet amazingly they failed to do so. From 1950 to 1956 Hungary lost only one match and that was the most important of them all, the World Cup final. Only eight minutes into the game the Hungarians were up 2-0 against West Germany who they had already beat comfortably in the group event. But after another eight minutes and two surprising german goals the game was level.

The rest of the game was played in heavy rain, later dubbed Fritz-Walter-Wetter after the German captain, who, due to malaria contracted in a POV-camp during the war, favored play in cold weather. As the condition of the pitch deteriorated German boots, designed by Adi Dassler, proved a big advantage as they had exchangeable studs. Disciplined defense, brilliant goalkeeping and on two occasions, the post, also laid path to the upset. Late in the game an offbeat chance emerged for German forward Helmut Rahn and he took it superbly to score the winner. Just before the final whistle Puskas scored what first seemed like an equalizer but it was controversially ruled out as offside and what was later to become known as ”the Miracle of Bern” was a fact. 1954 was the first World Cup to be televised. The new media did not, however, really compete with the traditional as overseas broadcasting was not available and a TV-set proved much too expensive for most in a world still trying to recuperate after the devastating world war. The original base of the Jules Rimet Trophy was replaced by a bigger one in order make more room for engraving the names of winning teams.

The original foot vanished and was lost for decades until it was found in 2014. THE MAKING OF THE 1954 POSTER >> 1958 - Birth of a king In the late fifties the world of football was much different from today. Only one match per round was televised, and broadcast across Europe. In hindsight the World Cups held during this era had a blissful aura of almost naive innocence about them. The magnitude of the event had not yet outgrown the possibility for the modest and homegrown to make their mark. Media coverage of qualifying rounds was rhapsodic by todays standards so fantasies of over-night stardom and small nations victory over the giants didn´t seem unrealistic. As a symbol of this even the official ball turned out to be one made under humble conditions. It was chosen from 102 candidates in a blind test by FIFA officials and was made in the small city of Ängelholm in the south of Sweden. The game itself was dominated by the will to attack and score goals. The final played between Brazil and host Sweden truly encompassed the times.

The then largely unknown Pelé became the youngest to play a World Cup Finals, the youngest scorer in a World Cup Final and the youngest player to win a World Cup. On the other hand Nils Liedholm became the oldest player to score in a World Cup Final. This final had the highest number of goals scored by a winning team and the highest number of total goals scored. French forward Just Fontaine became the top scorer with 13 goals. A record that still stands. The final was played in Stockholm at the Råsunda Stadium (pulled down 2012), less than 5 kilometers from where this artwork was created. THE MAKING OF THE 1958 POSTER >> 1962 - Porque nada tenemos, lo haremos todo The legendary Carlos Dittborn, head of organizing the 1962 World Cup coined the famous phrase “Porque nada tenemos, lo haremos todo” (Because we have nothing, we will do everything) in response to Argentinian self-assurance during the bidding process for the tournament at the 30th FIFA Congress.

In May 1960, as the preparations were well under way, Chile suffered the largest earthquake ever recorded (9.5 magnitude) which caused enormous damage. Carlos Dittborn’s words prevailed however and the nation pulled together. Stadia and other infrastructures were rebuilt at record speed and the tournament was pulled off on schedule with no major organisational flaws. Dittborn himself however did not live to see the success of his efforts, as he died one month before the start of the tournament only 38 years old. The World Cup venue at Arica was named Estadio Carlos Dittborn in his honour and still bears his name. With Pelé injured the reigning champions looked to the formidable dribbler Garrincha to bring the magic and he delivered in style, helping Brazil to a consecutive title. The lightning-quick Garrincha is easily one of the most colorful characters in football history. He had several birth defects: his spine was deformed, his right leg bent outwards and his left leg was six centimeters shorter and curved inwards … still he played like no other. Generally though the quality of play saw a decline as the game shifted towards defensive strategies.

The happy-go-lucky attitude of Garrincha stood in stark contrast to the at times brutal new game. The average number of goals per match dropped to under 3 for the first time and sadly the average has not reached above since. THE MAKING OF THE 1962 POSTER >> 1966 - In a Pickle The 1966 World Cup had a rather unusual hero off the field, a dog called Pickles. In the build-up to the tournament, the Jules Rimet trophy was stolen from an exhibition display and a frantic nationwide hunt ensued. But finally it was sniffed out by Pickles from under some bushes in a London green. Football focusing on strong, sometimes brutal, defensive play dominated the 1966 World Cup. A handfull of key matches, including the highly dramatic final, still made for entertaining score lines. England beat West Germany 4–2 in a classic match. Germany leveled the score just before full time and the match went into extra time. Then Geoff Hurst scored one of the most famous and debated goals ever. With 11 minutes of extra time gone, Alan Ball put in a cross and Geoff Hurst shot from close range.

The ball hit the underside of the cross-bar, bounced down – on the line – and was cleared. The referee, Gottfried Dienst, was uncertain whether it had been a goal or not. He consulted his linesman, Tofiq Bahramov from Azerbaijan, who in a moment of drama indicated that it was a goal. After non-verbal communication, as they had no common language, the Swiss referee awarded the goal to the home team. The crowd and an audience of 400 million television viewers were left arguing whether the goal should have been given or not. With this victory, England won their first FIFA World Cup title and became the third World Cup host to win the tournament after Uruguay in 1930 and Italy in 1934. THE MAKING OF THE 1966 POSTER >> 1970 - Farewell to the original Jules Rimet cup Mexico hosted the ninth FIFA World Cup, the first held outside Europe and South America. With the advancements in satellite communications, the 1970 finals attracted a new record television audience as the games were broadcast live around the world and, for the first time, in color.

For the benefit of European television schedules, many games kicked off at noon, meaning play under the scorching midday sun. Despite the issues of altitude and high temperature, the finals largely produced attacking football which created an average of goals per game of 2.97. A record not since bettered by any subsequent World Cup Finals. All four of the semi-finalists were former world champions with the line-up ensuring a final between Europe and South America. Italy beat West Germany in a thrilling match later known as ”El Partido Del Siglo” — the game of the century. The performance of Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer stands out as he played the latter part of the game with a fractured collarbone. Brazil won against Uruguay and on the 21st of June 1970 Italy and Brazil clashed at the mighty Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. Brazil won 4-1 after a magnificent match and it being their third World Cup title, Brazil kept the the original Jules Rimet Trophy permanently. The victorious team, led by Carlos Alberto and featuring players such as Pelé, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivellino, and Tostão, is often cited as the greatest ever World Cup team.

They achieved a perfect record of wins in all six games in the finals, as well as winning all their qualifying rounds. SEE THE PITCH AND MORE DESIGN ELEMENTS >> Epilogue French sculptor Abel Lafleur drew inspiration for his trophy design from the sculpture Nike of Samothrace on display at the Louvre in Paris. The trophy originally called Victory was renamed in honor of FIFA’s third president Jules Rimet because it was during his presidency the idea of a world championship competition was realized. After winning the World Cup for a third time Brazil received the Jules Rimet Trophy in perpetuity. In 1983 the trophy was stolen from the Brazilian Soccer Confederation building in Rio and it has never been recovered. Rumour has it the sculpture was melted down and sold as bullion. The original base was thought to be lost as well after it was replaced for a bigger one in 1954. It was however found in a basement storage at FIFA’s headquarters in 2014. Just like this retelling of the early days of World Cup Football the incomplete trophy presents only a fraction of what times passed were really like.

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD CUP << THE MAKING OF THE POSTERS: Jules Rimet - Wikipedia, Photos and Videos Jules Rimet NEXT GO TO RESULTS [51 .. 100] WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE For the trophy, see Jules Rimet Trophy . Jules Rimet 1 March 1921 – 21 June 1954 Preceded by Jules Rimet ( French pronunciation: ​ [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. He also served as the president of the French Football Federation from 1919 to 1942. 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 the French football club Red Star Saint-Ouen .

Contents Early life[ edit ] Jules Rimet was born in 1873 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. Football and FIFA[ edit ] Rimet was involved in the founding of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (International Federation of Association Football, commonly abbreviated to FIFA) in 1904, and, while the fledgling organisation had plans for a global professional tournament, it instead was involved in running an amateur tournament as part of the 1908 Summer Olympics . [1] The First World War put Rimet's and FIFA's plans on hold. Rimet served in the French Army as an officer and was decorated with a Croix de Guerre .

[1] Following the war in 1919, he became President of the French Football Federation , and then President of FIFA on 1 March 1921. [1] [2] He would hold the post until 1954 becoming the longest reigning President to date, [3] taking the membership of the organisation from twelve up to 85 nations, despite losing the membership of the English , Welsh and Scottish Football Associations during the early years. After taking up the post he moved once again to start a global tournament, but was opposed by the amateur football associations and Pierre de Coubertin , founder of the International Olympic Committee . [1] The World Cup[ edit ] In 1928 FIFA, under Rimet's leadership, went forward with plans for a " World Cup " which was held in Uruguay due to the nature of the professional game in South America, and in part because the Uruguayan Football Association offered to pay all travel costs. Rimet traveled to Uruguay for the World Cup on SS Conte Verde along with the competing European teams, [4] all the while carrying the trophy in his bag.

[1] However Rimet's decisions on where to host the first few World Cups led to criticism: European nations complained about the 1930 World Cup because players would be out of domestic tournaments for three months, which was why only France , Belgium , Romania and Yugoslavia sent teams to compete, and those only competed because of Rimet's influence. [4] The following World Cup was held in Italy under the Fascist rule of Benito Mussolini , which was used to promote its regime; something that Rimet was accused of ignoring. [1] Following the Second World War , the British football associations agreed to take part from the 1950 World Cup onwards, where Rimet himself handed over the trophy to the triumphant Uruguayan team when Uruguay won the tournament for the second time. [5] Rimet's efforts in establishing the tournament earned him a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1956. [1] Later life and legacy[ edit ] A replica of the Jules Rimet trophy Rimet died in Suresnes , France 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. [6] The original World Cup trophy was named the Jules Rimet Trophy in his honor. It was stolen just prior to the 1966 World Cup in England, but was found by the dog Pickles . [1] Brazil won the tournament for the third time at the 1970 World Cup and was awarded the trophy permanently. It was stolen once more in Rio de Janeiro in 1983 and is believed to have been melted down by the thieves, although there is no conclusive proof of this. The Brazilian Football Confederation had a replica of the trophy made. [7] Rumours of the various disappearances of the trophy and its final resting place continue to the present day. [8] A statue of Rimet stands in Theuley in the middle of a penalty box , complete with goal.

[1] FIFA President - FIFA.com FIFA President All News Photos All Videos About the President Before being elected FIFA President, Gianni Infantino was the UEFA General Secretary since October 2009, having joined the organisation in 2000. Gianni led the fight against social ills and threats to the integrity of football in Europe, including all forms of discrimination, violence and hooliganism, and match-fixing. 1904 - 1906 Born 1876, Died 1952 Frenchman Robert Guerin was the dynamic figure behind the founding of FIFA in 1904. A journalist with Le Matin newspaper, Guerin was actively involved in football through his role as secretary of the Football Department of the Union des Societes Françaises de Sports Athletiques. He brought together representatives of the first seven member countries in Paris for the signing of FIFA's foundation act and agreement of the first FIFA statutes. On 22 May 1904, Guerin - then just 28 - was elected president at the inaugural FIFA Congress and remained in his post for two years, during which time another eight associations came on board, including the English Football Association.

1906 - 1918 Born 1852, Died 1918 An English FA administrator from Blackburn, Daniel Burley Woolfall was elected as President on 4 June 1906. A key aim during his presidency was to achieve uniform football rules on an international level and he played a prominent role in the drafting of FIFA's new constitution. Under Woolfall, the application of the Laws of the Game, established under the English model, became compulsory and a clear definition was made of international matches. Two years after assuming the presidency, he helped organise the first noteworthy international football competition, the 1908 Olympic Games in London. His reign as president brought the arrival of FIFA's first non-European members in South Africa, Argentina, Chile and the United States but was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. Woolfall's presidency ended with his death in August 1918.

Born 1873, Died 1956 (named Honorary FIFA President on 21 June 1954) When the FIFA World Cup trophy was renamed in honour of Jules Rimet in 1946, it was rightful recognition of the role played by the Frenchman, then celebrating his 25 th anniversary as President, in establishing what fast became the sport's foremost competition. Rimet, inspired by the success of the Olympic Football Tournament, was the driving force behind the FIFA World Cup's inception in 1930. His overriding aim was a rapprochement of nations through sport and the First World War only reinforced his determination. He oversaw the first five tournaments before handing 'his' trophy over for the final time to West Germany captain Fritz Walter in June 1954. That same month, the then 80-year-old ended his long reign - during which FIFA membership grew from 20 to 85 countries - and became the federation's first Honorary President.

1954 - 1955 Born 1876, Died 1955 A lawyer from Brussels, Rodolphe William Seeldrayers was an accomplished sportsman in his youth, winning a Belgian championship with Racing Club Brussels - a club he later served as president. As a sports administrator, he helped found the Belgian Football Association and served on the International Olympic Committee. At FIFA he performed the duties of Vice-President for 27 years prior to succeeding Jules Rimet, his great comrade-in-arms. Seeldrayers was President for the 1954 FIFA World Cup and also oversaw the world governing body's 50 th anniversary celebrations that same year. He died in office on 7 October 1955. 1955 - 1961 Born 1891, Died 1961 Arthur Drewry served as interim head of FIFA for six months following the death of Rodolphe William Seeldrayers and then became President in his own right in June 1956.

Together with Stanley Rous, he had keenly supported Jules Rimet's efforts to bring the British associations back into FIFA in 1946 and he also served as president of the Football League and chairman of the Football Association in England. The near five years that Drewry spent as President - from his election in 1956 to his passing aged 70 on 25 March 1961 - included the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden. Born 1895, Died 1986 (named Honorary FIFA President on 11 June 1974) Sir Stanley Rous had already made an impressive contribution to football on and off the field before becoming President of FIFA. As a top-class referee, he took charge of the FA Cup final in England and 36 international matches. Then, having becoming secretary of the English FA in 1934, he helped rewrite the Laws of the Game in 1938 while his patient diplomacy helped pave the way for the British nations rejoining FIFA in 1946. Rous was knighted in 1949 for his contribution to the London Olympics the previous year and to sport in general.

He became the third English President of FIFA when he took the reins in September 1961 and during his term of office, the FIFA World Cup became a worldwide television spectacle - particularly with the Mexico 1970 finals, which were the first to be broadcast around the globe in colour. Four years earlier he had been witness to England's FIFA World Cup triumph on home soil. Born 1916 (named Honorary FIFA President on 8 June 1998) Dr João Havelange's 24 years as FIFA President were a period of significant change which featured, most notably, the expansion of the FIFA World Cup from a 16-team tournament to one twice as large by the time the Brazilian left his post in 1998. An Olympic swimmer and water polo player in his younger days, Havelange's greatest achievement as a football administrator was arguably to ensure increased involvement on the world stage for teams from Asia, Africa, CONCACAF and Oceania, who had had just three FIFA World Cup finalists between them in 1974.

FIFA's Zurich headquarters housed just 12 staff members when he took office yet that figure would increase almost tenfold as FIFA's organisational responsibilities and commercial interests grew, not least with a wave of new tournaments introduced, notably the world championships at Under-17 and U20 level in the late 1980s and the FIFA Confederations Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup at the start of the 1990s. Jules Rimet - WOW.com Jules Rimet For the trophy, see Jules Rimet Trophy . Jules Rimet 1 March 1921 – 21 June 1954 Preceded by Jules Rimet ( French pronunciation: ​ [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. He also served as the president of the French Football Federation from 1919 to 1942.

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 the French football club Red Star Saint-Ouen . Contents 5 External links Early life Jules Rimet was born in 1873 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. Football and FIFA Rimet was involved in the founding of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (International Federation of Association Football, commonly abbreviated to FIFA) in 1904, and, while the fledgling organisation had plans for a global professional tournament, it instead was involved in running an amateur tournament as part of the 1908 Summer Olympics . [1] The First World War put Rimet's and FIFA's plans on hold.

Rimet served in the French Army as an officer and was decorated with a Croix de Guerre . [1] Following the war in 1919, he became President of the French Football Federation , and then President of FIFA on 1 March 1921. [1] [2] He would hold the post until 1954 becoming the longest reigning President to date, [3] taking the membership of the organisation from twelve up to 85 nations, despite losing the membership of the English , Welsh and Scottish Football Associations during the early years. After taking up the post he moved once again to start a global tournament, but was opposed by the amateur football associations and Pierre de Coubertin , founder of the International Olympic Committee . [1] The World Cup In 1928 FIFA, under Rimet's leadership, went forward with plans for a " World Cup " which was held in Uruguay due to the nature of the professional game in South America, and in part because the Uruguayan Football Association offered to pay all travel costs. Rimet traveled to Uruguay for the World Cup on SS Conte Verde along with the competing European teams, [4] all the while carrying the trophy in his bag.

[1] However Rimet's decisions on where to host the first few World Cups led to criticism: European nations complained about the 1930 World Cup because players would be out of domestic tournaments for three months, which was why only France , Belgium , Romania and Yugoslavia sent teams to compete, and those only competed because of Rimet's influence. [4] The following World Cup was held in Italy under the Fascist rule of Benito Mussolini , which was used to promote its regime; something that Rimet was accused of ignoring. [1] Following the Second World War , the British football associations agreed to take part from the 1950 World Cup onwards, where Rimet himself handed over the trophy to the triumphant Uruguayan team when Uruguay won the tournament for the second time. [5] Rimet's efforts in establishing the tournament earned him a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1956. [1] Later life and legacy A replica of the Jules Rimet trophy Rimet died in Suresnes , France 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. [6] The original World Cup trophy was named the Jules Rimet Trophy in his honor. It was stolen just prior to the 1966 World Cup in England, but was found by the dog Pickles . [1] Brazil won the tournament for the third time at the 1970 World Cup and was awarded the trophy permanently. It was stolen once more in Rio de Janeiro in 1983 and is believed to have been melted down by the thieves, although there is no conclusive proof of this. The Brazilian Football Confederation had a replica of the trophy made. [7] Rumours of the various disappearances of the trophy and its final resting place continue to the present day. [8] A statue of Rimet stands in Theuley in the middle of a penalty box , complete with goal. [1] Rimet was portrayed by Academy Award nominated French actor Gerard Depardieu in the 2014 biographical drama United Passions . References

Question: What nationality was Jules Rimet, the presenter of football's first world cup in 1930 ?
Answer: FRENCH