André Bellon

André Bellon was a French footballer who played as a defender for Lyon in the mid-1910s. He is best known for playing in the first-ever Coupe de France final in 1918, which Lyon lost.

Biography

André Bellon was born in France to Philippe André Auguste Bellon (1849–1918), a native of Molines-en-Queyras, and Elisabeth Anne Marie Berge. He had an older brother who was dead at birth in 1884, 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 of the South-East), one of the most prestigious arts organizations of Lyon where many important contemporary artists exhibited.

Very little is known about his life; Bellon was playing football for Lyon in the 1917–18 season. 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. 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. 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.

Honours

''FC Lyon''
* Coupe de France:
**Runner-up: 1917–18

References

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French sportspeople
French men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Olympique Lyonnais players