Paul Chandelier

Paul Chandelier

Eloy (sixth, from the left) on 4 January 1914.
Personal information
Full name	Paul Jules Louis Chandelier
Date of birth	(1892-01-23)23 January 1892
Place of birth	Hergnies, Nord, France
Date of death	28 September 1983(1983-09-28) (aged 91)
Place of death	Lille, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1912–1914	Olympique Lillois
International career
1911	France	2	(1)
1913–1914	France	3	(0)
1914	Northern France	+1	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Jules Louis Chandelier (23 January 1892 – 28 September 1983) was a French footballer who played as a forward for Olympique Lillois and the French national team between 1912 and 1914.

Playing career

Club career

Paul Chandelier was born in Hergnies, Nord, on 23 January 1892, and he began his career at Olympique Lillois at least since 1911, aged 19. On 19 February 1911, OL defeated RC Roubaix 3–0 to clinch the 1911 USFSA Northern Championship, which was the very first title in the club's history, thus finally putting an end to the invincibility of Roubaix and US Tourquennoise.

Together with Albert Eloy, Paul Voyeux, and Alphonse Six, Chandelier was a member of the OL team that won back-to-back USFSA Football Northern Championships in 1913 and 1914, winning the former with a record of 13 wins and only one defeat. On 5 April 1914, Chandelier started in the final of the 1914 USFSA Football Championship, scoring twice to help his side to a 3–0 win over Olympique de Cette. Three weeks later, on 26 April, he started in the final of the Trophée de France at the Charentonneau, helping his side to a 4–1 win over, in which "Chandelier's virtuosity allows the Northerners to show their superiority".

International career

On 23 March 1911, shortly after helping Lillois win its first-ever title, the USFSA selected the 19-year-old Chandelier to play an unofficial match between UIAFA's France and AFA's England at the Parc de Princes, which ended in a 1–3 loss. He was then a member of the French squad that participated in the 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament at Roubaix, an unofficial European Championship organized by UIAFA, in which France was knocked out in the semifinals by Bohemia, in which he scored his side's only goal in a 1–4 loss.

Eloy (fifth, from the right) with the Lions of Flanders selection on 4 January 1914.

When the USFSA joined the CFI in 1913, Chandelier finally became eligible to play for the official French national team, making his debut on 9 March, in a friendly match against Switzerland at Geneva, scoring twice to help his side to a 4–1 win. On 4 January 1914, Chandelier played for the so-called Lions des Flandres, a regional scratch team representing Northern France, in a friendly against the Paris football team; he scored the opening goal in an eventual 3–1 win. He earned a further two caps in 1914, against Belgium and Italy.

Death

Chandelier died in Lille on 28 September 1983, at the age of 91.

Honours

Olympique Lillois

• USFSA Football Northern Championship
  • Champions (2): 1913, and 1914

• USFSA Football Championship:
  • Champion (1): 1914

• Trophée de France:
  • Champion (1): 1914