Etienne Gasqueton
 Gasqueton (standing, white jacket) in 1928 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Etienne Capbern-Gasqueton | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | c. 1888 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Roubaix, France | |||||||||||||||
| Date of death | Unknown | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 1907–1920 | VGA Médoc | |||||||||||||||
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||
Etienne Capbern-Gasqueton was a French footballer who played as a forward for VGA Médoc in the early 20th century.[1] He later worked as a referee, officiating matches in the French first division.[2]
Early and personal life
[edit]Etienne Gasqueton was born in Roubaix, as the second of five sons from the marriage formed by Hélène Berchon (1862–1932) and Georges Capbern-Gasqueton (1857–1922),[3] a businessman involved in the wine industry and the proprietor of Château Capbern-Gasqueton and Château Calon-Ségur in Saint-Estèphe, Gironde, having bought the latter in 1894, with the help of Charles Hanappier, a négociant from Orléans and also the grandfather of his wife; the 37-hectare vineyard of Calon-Ségur cost them over half a million francs.[4][5]
Despite having joint ownership, Calon-Ségur was mainly reinvigorated by the Capbern-Gasquetons, beginning with the eldest brother, Henri, who inherited the estate after their father died in 1922.[4] His three younger brothers were Edouard, Lionel, and Georges (1898–1962).[3][4]
Etienne married Germaine Oudenot.[3]
Sporting career
[edit]Playing career
[edit]In 1907, a group of sportsmen, including the five Capbern-Gasqueton brothers, gathered in Bordeux to found the Vie au Grand Air du Médoc, a multi-sports club which initially only had three sections, football, field hockey, and cricket.[6][7] They adopted the colours blue and green, and the motto "Do well and let the others talk".[7][6] The club's name reflects their passion for sport, since it was a reference to La Vie au grand air, which at that time was a major national sports newspaper.[6] The club held its sporting activities at the Domaine des Places, known as Pin Galant.[7][6]
Initially, the three eldest brothers took turns as the club's president; for instance, when VGAM made a tour to the north of the Iberian Peninsula in March 1911, playing matches in Coruña, Vigo, and then Porto, the team's captain was not the eldest brother, Henri, but Etienne.[8] Ahead of the match against FC Porto on 12 March, the Portuguese newspaper Os Sports Ilustrados stated that VGAM was the "strongest team of the southeast of France, having even defeated English teams this year", and described Henri as a 24-year-old midfielder, Edouard as a 19-year-old half-back, and "E. E. Gasqueton" as a 22-year-old forward and the team's captain.[8]
The club's football section affiliated with French Amateur Cycling Federation (FCAF), a minor federation in terms of football, which allowed Médoc to become its best team easily, comfortably winning a three-peat of FCAF championships between 1912 and 1914; in fact, the club even won the 1914 title without playing a single match.[9] Nevertheless, these performances allowed the club to qualify for the Trophée de France, an inter-federation national competition organized by the CFI. Etienne played in the 1913 final on 18 May, starting as a forward alongside his brother Edouard (midfield), and it was one of his crosses that resulted in the opening goal of the match, but his team eventually lost 1–2 to CA Paris.[10] In the following year, on 26 April, he started in the final of the 1914 Trophée de France, and even though they lost 4–1 to Olympique Lillois, he was described as one of the team's best players.[11]
In September 1919, the VGAM moved from the Puygalan estate to the Jard estate in Mérignac, which had been recently bought by the Capbern-Gasqueton family, who worked hard to organize, without telephone, football and field hockey matches at Jard, and likewise, in the 1920s and 1930s, major national and international football matches were organized there.[6][7]
On 11 April 1920, Etienne started in the semifinals of the 1919–20 Coupe de France, but despite doing so alongside his younger brothers Edouard and Lionel, Médoc lost 1–2 to the eventual champions CA Paris.[12][13] Etienne and his brothers Lionel and Henri were still part of the club's football staff in May 1928, as well as their youngest sibling Georges, then aged 30, who was still playing for the team.[14]
Field Hockey
[edit]In November 1924, the start of autumn marked the return of field hockey, and the local press showed enthusiasm with the "resurrection of the women's section of the VGA Médoc", reporting about a little training at Jard, and stating that "before we can judge the general appearance of the team, we must await the eagerly awaited returns of Mr. Henri and Etienne Gasqueton, Stella Hutchison and the remarkable goalkeeper Violette Nash".[15]
President of the Aquitaine Football League
[edit]In 1931, Gasqueton was named the 6th president of the Aquitaine Football League, replacing Roger Roujean, a position that he held for two years, until 1933.[16] His presidency was marked by the inaugural edition of the French professional championship in 1932–33, in which he worked as a referee; for instance, he oversaw a league fixture between Olympique de Merseille and Club Français (5–1) on 11 December 1932,[2][17] and in the following year, on 10 December 1933, he officiated a Coupe de France round of 32 match between OM and third division club US Cazères, which ended in a 14–1 win; these were the only OM matches that he refereed, which means that "Les Olympiens" scored 9.5 goals per game in matches refereed by him.[2]
Honours
[edit]- FCAF Football Championship:
- Champion (3): 1912, 1913, and 1914
References
[edit]- ^ "Les premiers Bleus: Jean et Jules Dubly, les faux frères du Nord" [The first Blues: Jean and Jules Dubly, the false brothers of the North]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Statistiques des matchs de Marseille arbitres par Etienne Gasqueton" [referee statistics of Marseille matches: Etienne Gasqueton]. cintana.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Family tree of Etienne Capbern-Gasqueton". gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Château Calon-Ségur: Madame Denise Capbern-Gasqueton & Suravenir". www.thewinedoctor.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Over the centuries". www.calon-segur.fr. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "La Vie au Grand Air du Médoc, premier Club Omnisport de Mérignac" [VGA Médoc, the first Multi-Sports Club in Mérignac] (PDF). www.associations-blanquefort.fr (in French). 1 September 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Le stade du Jard" [The Jard stadium]. archives.merignac.com (in French). 17 November 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b "A invasão extrangeira" [The foreign invasion] (PDF). hemerotecadigital.cm-lisboa.pt (in Portuguese). Os Sports Ilustrados. 11 March 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "La VGA Médoc est championne sans avoir disputé la moindre rencontre" [The VGA Médoc is champion without having played a single match]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Matin. 27 April 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Le Cercle Athlétique de Paris, champion de France 1912-1913" [The CA Paris, French champion 1912-1913]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 19 May 1913. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Olympique Lillois est champion de France" [Olympique Lillois are the champions of France]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 27 April 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Le C.A. de Paris et le Havre A.C. joueront la finale" [CA de Paris and Le Havre AC will play the final]. gallica.bnf.fr. L'Auto. 12 April 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Les premiers Bleus: Etienne Jourde et Henri Viallemonteil" [The first Blues: Etienne Jourde and Henri Viallemonteil]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 15 March 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "L'équipe I de Football" [Football's first team] (PDF). anciensbec-bordeaux.fr (in French). Le Bec. 11 May 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Le Coin de la Boule Blanche" [The White Ball Corner]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Ballon rond. 15 November 1924. p. 1. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Les origines du football en Aquitaine..." [The origins of football in Aquitaine...]. archives-football-aquitaine.over-blog.com (in French). 17 November 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Championnat de Division 1: Saison 1932/1933, 10ème journée - 11 Décembre 1932" [Division 1 Championship: Season 1932/1933, 10th matchday - 11 December 1932]. om1899.com (in French). Retrieved 27 December 2024.