Georges Aleksandrovich Duperron (russian: Георгий Александрович Дюперрон), born 24 September 1877, died 23 July 1934, was a

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sports journalist,

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organizer and one of the founders of the Olympic movement in Russia. He was of French descent. Duperron was a footballer who played at the first ever football match in Russia. It was arranged on 24 October 1897 in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. In 1901, he was one of the organizers of the first Russian football league, the St Petersburg Football League. After the establishment of the

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in 1911, Duperron was elected as its first secretary.Дюперрон Георгий Александрович
Смоленское кладбище (in Russian). Retrieved 18 June 2014. From 1913 to 1915, he was a member of the

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. Duperron was also the first manager of the

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as the team participated in the

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.Soviet Union - International Results 1911-1935 - Details
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 June 2014. Duperron published more than 30 books about football,

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and

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. He wrote articles for the sport magazines ''Samokat'', ''Le Cycliste'' and ''Sport''.

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1877 births 1934 deaths Writers from Saint Petersburg Russian people of French descent Journalists from the Russian Empire Russian male journalists Male writers from the Russian Empire Russian football managers International Olympic Committee members {{Russia-sport-bio-stub