Henri Wynn
 Wynn in 1897 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henri Wynn | ||
| Date of birth | c. 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Roubaix, France | ||
| Date of death | Unknown | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1891–1892 | Gordon Football Club | ||
| 1892–1902 | Standard AC | ||
| 1902–1907 | United Sports Club | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Henri Wynn was a French football pioneer who, together with his brother Edouard, co-founded Standard AC in 1892, which he served as a goalkeeper during the 1890s.[1]
Playing career
[edit]First steps at Standard AC
[edit]In October 1891, the Wynn brothers founded the Gordon Football Club with several of their compatriots, whose name was intended to honour the memory of General Charles Gordon, who had died in 1885.[1] A few months later, in March 1892, Gordon decided to join forces with a fellow English club called Paris AFC, and the result of this merge was the birth of Standard Athletic Club,[a] whose seventeen British founders were the members of those two clubs, most notably the Wynn brothers, the Tunmer brothers (Neville and Alfred), and William Attrill, the latter serving as the club's first captain.[1][3] This group of football pioneers wanted the young British people living in Paris to have the opportunity to continue the sports that they had been playing across the English Channel. Standard AC is said to have been founded at The Horse Shoe bar on Rue Copernic in Paris.[3]
Standard AC joined the USFSA in March 1894, and on 22 April of the same year, the Wynn brothers started in the semifinal of the inaugural USFSA championship, which ended in a 5–0 win over CP Asnières.[4] The Wynn brothers started in the final against Rovers on 6 May, helping their side to a 2–0 win, thus becoming the first national champions in French history.[5][6] In the final, the Rovers were hampered by the "splendid form" of Henri Wynn,[5] who thus "proved his reputation as the best goalkeeper in Paris".[7]
In the following edition, the Wynn brothers once again started in the final for Standard AC, helping their side to another win over the White Rovers, this time by 3–1.[8] In May 1897, the Wynn brothers started in the final of the 1897 USFSA Championship, helping their side to yet another victory over the White Rovers (3–2).[9] In the following year, on 3 April, they started in the final of the USFSA Championship against Club Français at Courbevoie, which ended in a 3–2 win.[10] It was around this time that the Wynn brothers seem to leave club, as they disappear from the Standard's line-ups, with Attrill replacing Henri as the club's new goalkeeper.[11]
United Sports Club
[edit]At some point at the turn of the century, the Wynn brothers joined United Sports Club, a club of English and Swiss immigrants, and on 16 March 1902, they started in the final of the 1902 Coupe Dewar, which ended in a 1–0 loss to their former club Standard AC.[12]
In 1904, the United of the Wynn brothers, which was known for playing hard, won the USFSA Paris championship,[13][14] and this victory qualified the club for the 1904 USFSA national championship, in which they lost in the final to RC Roubaix (4–2).[15] They were still playing at the club as late as October 1905.[16]
Honours
[edit]- USFSA Football Championship:
- Runner-up (1): 1904
Notes
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Duhamel, Georges (1959). Le football français: ses débuts [French football: its beginnings] (in French). Paris: Imprimerie de la Charente. p. 80.
- Denaunay, Pierre; De Ryswick, Jacques; Cornu, Jean; Vermand, Dominique (1993). 100 ans de football en France [100 years of football in France] (in French). Paris: Atlas. ISBN 978-27312136-5-2.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Duhamel 1959, p. 22
- ^ "A short history of the SAC". www.saclub.org. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b Denaunay et al. 1993, p. 15
- ^ "White Rovers contre Club Français" [White Rovers against Club Français]. babel.hathitrust.org/ (in French). 28 April 1894. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Standard AC contre White Rovers" [Standard AC against White Rovers]. babel.hathitrust.org (in French). Les Sports athlétiques et la Revue athlétique réunis. 12 May 1894. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "1893–94 season in France". RSSSF. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Sports". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Galignani's Messenger. 7 May 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "1894–95 season in France". RSSSF. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Vieilles gloires" [Old glories]. gallica.bnf.fr. L'Auto. 24 March 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Le Championnat de France – Victoirie du Standard" [The French Championship – Victory of Standard]. www.retronews.fr (in French). Le Journal des sports. 4 April 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Championnat de Paris – Club Français contre Standard Athletic Club" [Paris Championship – Club Français against Standard Athletic Club]. www.retronews.fr (in French). Le Journal des sports. 17 April 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Football association - La Coupe Sheriff-Dewar". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 17 March 1902. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Les premiers Bleus: Eugène Nicolaï, le déserteur" [The first Blues: Eugène Nicolaï, the deserter]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "United Sport Club Champion de Paris". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 7 March 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "La Finale du Championnat de France" [The Final of the French Championship]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Tous les sports. 23 April 1904. p. 5. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Football Association - Championnats de Paris (U.S.F.S.A.)" [Football Association - Paris Championship (USFSA)]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 7 October 1905. p. 5. Retrieved 27 December 2024.