Robert Diochon
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| Full name | Robert Gabriel Diochon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 June 1883 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 September 1953 (aged 70) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Rouen, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1899–1912 | FC Rouen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1911 | France (UIAFA) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Gabriel Diochon (9 June 1883 – 14 September 1953) was a French footballer who is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of FC Rouen, being one of its co-founders in 1899, and then serving the club as a player, captain, and as its president from 1906 to 1907, and from 1908 to 1953.[1] The club's stadium now bears his name.[1][2]
Robert Diochon was born on 9 June 1883 in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine,[3] as the fourth child and third son of Louis Diochon (1844–1907) and Aline Gabrielle Chenet (1850–?).[3]
On 22 March 1939, Diochon married Marguerite Marie Dantu in Rouen.[3]
Playing career
In 1899, the 16-year-old Diochon was one of the co-founders of FC Rouen, then under the name of FC Rouennais, which he then served as captain.[1][2] In 1911, the 28-year-old Diochon was initially listed as a member of the French squad that participated in the 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament at Roubaix, but he ended up not even traveling there.[4]
During the First World War, Diochon was mobilized in the 160th Infantry Regiment, being later moved to the 11th Artillery Regiment and then to the 84th Artillery Regiment.[3]
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