Gabriel Hanot was a French football player and journalist (the editor of "L'Équipe"). Educated in Berlin, Hanot spoke fluent German and English and travelled widely. As a player, Hanot was capped eleven times for France as a defender before World War I, and after his military service was capped again as team captain. After World War II, Hanot served as both coach of France and a journalist for "L'Équipe" and "France Football". Wikipedia
The competition was effectively born in the French capital after Gabriel Hanot, the former editor of French sports daily LEquipe, first aired the idea in one of his columns in December 1954. www.uefa.com/magazine/news/Kind=512/newsId=419682.html
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