Michel Leblond (10 May 1932 – 17 December 2009) was a French football

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

who was a member of the French squad at

FIFA World Cup 1954 The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...

and a main player of great Stade de Reims in the 1950s. He also holds the honour of being the first person to score in a European Champions' Cup Final. He also played for France at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Honours

* Division 1: 1953, 1955, 1958, 1960 *

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

: 1958 * European Cup: Runner-up 1956, 1960

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1932 births 2009 deaths Sportspeople from Reims French footballers France international footballers Association football midfielders Stade de Reims players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Olympic footballers of France Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics 1954 FIFA World Cup players French football managers Stade de Reims managers Footballers from Grand Est {{france-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub