André Armand Godefroy Theuriet (29 March 1887 – 21 March 1965) was a French athlete and grandson of the novelist

André Theuriet Claude Adhémar André Theuriet (; 8 October 1833 in Marly-le-Roi – 23 April 1907 in Bourg-la-Reine) was a 19th-century French poet and novelist. Life Theuriet was born at Marly-le-Roi (Seine et Oise), and was educated at Bar-le-Duc in his ...

. He competed nationally in a wide range of sports, and internationally in swimming and rugby. In swimming he failed to reach the final of the 1500 m freestyle event at the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally schedu ...

. In rugby he played five international matches as a scrum-half between 1909 and 1913. Nationally, Theuriet competed in motorcycling, shooting, walking, boxing, football, cycling, running,

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

, and

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

. He won the national university titles in running, 5000 m and cross country. In football, he was the captain of his club SCUF in 1921, and in water polo, his team won the Paris Cup in 1909. Theuriet was one of the best French rugby scrum-halves of the early 1910s. From 1912, he was the team captain of SCUF. Theuriet retired from competitions in 1914 and fought in

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

as a

sergeant Sergeant (Sgt) is a Military rank, rank in use by the armed forces of many countries. It is also a police rank in some police services. The alternative spelling, ''serjeant'', is used in The Rifles and in other units that draw their heritage f ...

with the French 103rd

infantry Infantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadl ...

unit. He returned to rugby in the early 1920, but mostly as a coach and functionary rather than player.

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* 1887 births 1965 deaths French male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics French rugby union players Olympic swimmers for France Sportspeople from Lyon 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1880s-stub