André Bellon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | André Bellon | ||
| Place of birth | France | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1917–1918 | Lyon | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
André Bellon was a French footballer who played as a defender for Lyon in the mid-1910s.[1] He is best known for playing in the first-ever Coupe de France final in 1918, which Lyon lost.[1]
Biography[edit]
André Bellon was born in France to Philippe André Auguste Bellon (1849–1918), a native of Molines-en-Queyras, and Elisabeth Anne Marie Berge.[2] He had an older brother who was dead at birth in 1884,[3] while André was born either in the late 1880s or early 1890s. A relative of his, Louis Bellon (1908–1998), was an artist who went on to became a member of the Salon du Sud-Est (Salon of the South-East), one of the most prestigious arts organizations of Lyon where many important contemporary artists exhibited.[4]
Very little is known about his life; Bellon was playing football for Lyon in the 1917–18 season.[1] In the second round replay of the 1917–18 Coupe de France against AS Lyonnaise on 18 November, he scored an equalizer in terrible weather conditions to force another replay played a week later in which Lyon won 5–0.[5] In the quarterfinals, Lyon faced Stade Rennais on neutral ground in Paris on 3 February 1918, and he once again netted an equalizer in the second half in an eventual 2–1 win.[5] He thus contributed decisively in helping his side reach the 1918 Coupe de France final, the competition's first-ever final, which they lost 0–3 to Olympique Pantin.[6][7][8]
Honours[edit]
- Coupe de France:
- Runner-up: 1917–18
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "André Bellon - Stats and titles won". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Décès: BELLON Philippe André Auguste" [Death: BELLON Philippe André Auguste]. agha.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Décès: BELLON Enfant mort" [Death: BELLON Dead child]. agha.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Louis Bellon (1908–1998)". www.fc-fineart.com. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Lyon 1918, sur la tombe du football méconnu" [Lyon 1918, on the grave of little-known football]. www.leliberolyon.fr (in French). 2 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "5 Mai 1918, première finale de la Coupe" [5 May 1918, first Cup final]. uscailly.footeo.com (in French). 5 May 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Saison 1917/1918 Coupe de France" [Season 1917/1918 French Cup] (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "France - Cup History - 1918". RSSSF. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2024.