Georges Ouvray
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 Ouvray in 1927 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Georges Maurice Ouvray | ||
| Date of birth | 11 June 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France | ||
| Date of death | 25 July 1983 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Fontenay-lès-Briis, France | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1927–1933 | CA Paris | ||
| 1933–1935 | Club Français | ||
| International career | |||
| 1928 | France | 1 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Georges Maurice Ouvray (11 June 1905 – 25 July 1983) was a French footballer who played as a forward for CA Paris in the late 1920s.
Born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés on 11 June 1905, Ouvray began his football career at CA Paris in 1927.[1] Together with Jean Gautheroux, Marcel Langiller, and the Laurent brothers (Jean and Lucien), he was a member of the CA Paris team that reached the 1928 Coupe de France final at Colombes on 6 May, which ended in a 3–1 loss to Red Star.[2][3] During the final, he overtook the opposing captain Marcel Domergue time and time again, and even hit the woodwork once; therefore, the following day, the journalists of the French newspaper Le Miroir des sports stated that he was "truly the great player of the final".[4]
A few months earlier, on 21 February 1928, the 22-year-old Ouvray earned his first (and only) international cap for France in a friendly match against Northern Ireland at Montrouge, scoring his side's fourth goal to seal a 4–0 victory.[5][6] He remained loyal to CA Paris until 1933, when he left for Club Français, where he retired in 1935, aged 30.[7][1]
Death
Ouvray died in Fontenay-lès-Briis on 25 July 1983, at the age of 78.[8]