Georges Bayrou (21 December 1883 – 5 December 1953) was a French footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the

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Career

Bayrou played for

Gallia Club Paris Gallia Club, also known as Gallia Club Paris to identify the club's location, was a French amateur football club based in Paris. The club was founded in 1896 and were known as ''Les coqs'' (The Roosters). Gallia Club was among the few clubs that pa ...

in 1904–1908, where he won the

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. On 22 October 1908, he played his first and only match for France in a 17–1 defeat against Denmark during the

. In 1908, he became the president of Olympique de Cette, which later became FC Sète, in which they won two Coupe de France in

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and

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, and two Division 1 titles in 1933–34 and 1938–39, during his tenure. However, the

Stade Georges-Bayrou The Stade Georges-Bayrou is a football stadium located in Sète, France. It was the home of FC Sète 34 before the inauguration of the Stade Louis-Michel in 1990. It was named after Georges Bayrou Georges Bayrou (21 December 1883 – 5 ...

was named after him.

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* 1883 births 1953 deaths French footballers France international footballers Olympic footballers of France Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics People from Sète Association football forwards Sportspeople from Hérault Footballers from Occitania (administrative region) {{France-footy-forward-stub