Lucien Leclercq
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| Full name | Lucien Jean Leclercq | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1897 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tourcoing, France | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 June 1971 (aged 74) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Lille, France | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
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Lucien Jean Leclercq (16 January 1887 – 14 June 1971) was a French footballer who played for Stade Rennais in the mid-1910s, and later a referee who oversaw 13 international matches between 1934 and 1938, including two in the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France.
Born in Tourcoing on 16 January 1897,[1] Leclercq was a member of the Stade Rennais team that participated in the Coupe des Alliés in 1915–16, a knockout competition contested during the First World War, which given the mobilization of Frenchmen to the war, was mainly contested by U20 players, such as the 19-year-old Leclercq, who started in both the semifinals, a 3–0 victory over Le Havre,[2] and in the final, helping his side to a 7–1 trashing of CS Terreaux, with the journalists of the French newspaper L'Auto (currently known as L'Équipe) stating that that the best player on the field was the forward "Leclercq, without a shadow of a doubt".[3]
Refereeing career
After retiring, Leclercq became a referee, making his international debut on 4 November 1934, aged 37, in a friendly between Switzerland and the Netherlands, which ended in a 4–2 win for the Dutch.[1][4] The following year, on 5 May 1935, he officiated the 1935 Coupe de France final in Colombes, which saw Olympique de Marseille claim the title with a 3–0 victory over his former club Stade Rennais.[5] During the final, Rennes scored from a free-kick, which he disallowed due to an offside from André Chauvel.[6] Two years later, he refereed another club final, but this time in a international tournament held in Paris, which saw Bologna defeat Chelsea 4–1.[7]
In total, Leclercq oversaw 13 international matches between 1934 and 1938, including one in the 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification, and two in the tournament itself.[1][4][8] He officiated a first round clash between Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands, with the Czechs winning 3–0 after extra-time, and the semifinal between Hungary and Sweden at the Parc de Princes in Paris, which ended in a 5–1 victory for the Magyar, who went on to lose the final.[1][9][10]
Throughout his career, Leclercq oversaw a total of 12 Olympique de Marseille matches, which ended in 5 wins, 4 draws, and 3 losses for OM.[11]