Abel Albert
.jpg) Albert receives the ball after the scrum during the France-Germany match | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1873 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | 6th arrondissement of Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 September 1919 (aged 46) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | 4th arrondissement of Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Abel Albert (31 January 1873 – 27 September 1919) was a French rugby union player who competed in the rugby event of the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, being a member of the French rugby team that won the gold medal.[1]
Early life
[edit]Abel Albert was born in the 6th arrondissement of Paris on 31 January 1873.[2]
Sporting career
[edit]Albert began his sporting career at Cosmopolitan Club, where he played as a halfback.[1] Together with Frantz Reichel, André Roosevelt, and Jean-Guy Gautier, he was a member of the French team that competed in the rugby event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.[1][3][4] Albert and Cosmopolitan teammate André Rischmann were the only players of the French team who were not members of either Racing Club de France and Stade Français.[5]
On 14 October, he was among the 17 who aligned against Frankfurt (representing Germany), starting as a midfielder alongside Léon Binoche, and even though they were not used to play together, which was an enormous advantage for the Frankfurt midfielders, they were able to help their side to a 27–17 victory.[5][6][7][8] For the decisive match against Moseley Wanderers (representing Great Britain) on 28 October, Henriquez de Zubiera and Albert were replaced by Giroux (SF) and Gondouin (RCF), as France won gold medal with a 27–8 victory.[5]
Death
[edit]Albert died in the 4th arrondissement of Paris on 27 September 1919, at the age of 46.[9]
Honours
[edit]- Summer Olympics:
- Gold medal (1): 1900
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "A. Albert". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "1873, Naissances, 06 - Visionneuse" [1873, Births, 06 - Viewer]. archives.paris.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Rugby at the Olympics". www.rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "French athletes at the Paris 1900 Olympics". www.olympiandatabase.com. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ a b c "Saga Olympique: 1900 ou les drôles de médailles" [Olympic Saga: 1900 or the strange medals]. www.ffr.fr (in French). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Football-Rugby - Match France-Allemand". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 16 October 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "L'équipe nationale" [The national team]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Sport universel illustré. 1900. p. 272. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Albert A." finalesrugby.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "1919, Décès, 04 - Visionneuse" [1919, Death, 04 - Viewer]. archives.paris.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 March 2025.