Louis Bach
French footballer
| Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing  France | ||
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 | 1900 Paris | Team Competition |
Louis Adrien Bach (14 April 1883 in Paris – 16 September 1914 in Servon-Melzicourt) was a French football player who played as a defender and competed in the 1900 Olympic Games.[1] In Paris he won a silver medal as a member of Club Française club team.[2] He was killed in action during World War I.[3][4]
According to M.C.E. Reeves, the captain of the Norwood and Selhurst Football Club interviewed by the sports newspaper L'Auto in October 1900, he was one the best backwards he was given to watch playing.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Games of the II. Olympiad". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "Louis Bach". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Louis Bach". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25033 "L'avis d'un joueur anglais". Gallica. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
External links
- Louis Bach at Olympedia
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