Henri Lesur
 Lesuru in 1913 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henri Ferdinand Édouard Marie Joseph Lesur | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Tourcoing, France | ||
| Date of death | 1 March 1971 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Tourcoing, France | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1912–1914 | US Tourquennoise | ||
| International career | |||
| 1913–1914 | France | 6 | (0) |
| 1914 | Northern France | +1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Henri Ferdinand Édouard Marie Joseph Lesur (25 October 1892 – 1 March 1971) was a French footballer who played as a forward for US Tourquennoise and the French national team between 1912 and 1914.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
[edit]Henri Lesur was born in Tourcoing in October 1892, and he played his entire career at US Tourquennoise between 1912, aged 20, and 1914.[2][4] Following the final of the 1903 USFSA Football Championship between RC Roubaix and RC France, a certain Henry Lesur, vice president of the Nord committee, congratulated the winners.[5] Possibly his father, since Lesur was only 11 at the time, and even though some sources wrongly claim that he was born on 24 February 1887 in Aisne,[3] he would still only have 16 years of age in 1903, which is too young to already hold a vice presidency.
On 16 February 1913, the 20-year-old Lesur earned his first international cap for France in a friendly match against Belgium at Uccle, which ended in a 0–3 loss.[2][3][4] He played a further five matches for France, the last of which was on 31 May 1914, against Hungary, and although the French lost 5–1,[2][3][4] he provided an assist in the first minute of the game to debutant Juste Brouzes, who thus became the fastest to score for the French national team.[6] On 4 January 1914, Lesur played for the so-called Lions des Flandres, a regional scratch team representing Northern France, in a friendly against the Paris football team.[7]
Later life
[edit]During the First World War, Lesur was wounded and taken prisoner on 23 August 1914 in the battle of Saint-Gérard, and was then interned in the Altengrabow camp, alongside Gabriel Hanot.[8] After the War, he became a wool merchant in Tourcoing,[9] where he died on 1 March 1971, at the age of 78.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Henri Lesur". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Henri Lesur, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Henri Lesur". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Henri Lesur (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Championnat de France - La finale" [French Championship - The final]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 20 April 1903. p. 7. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "En équipe de France depuis plus de dix ans: les carrières les plus longues" [In the French team for more than ten years: the longest careers]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 20 September 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "1913–14 Saison de football" [1913–14 football season] (PDF). footnostalgie.free.fr (in French). p. 44. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Les joueurs des clubs nordistes - Union Sportive Tourquennoise" [Players from northern clubs - US Tourquennoise]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 1 December 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Ce que sont devenus les anciens champions" [What happened to the former champions]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Miroir des sports. 4 November 1925. p. 341. Retrieved 16 December 2024.