Pierre-Étienne Guyot (21 May 1905 – 13 October 1985) was a French sports executive. He notably was president of the

French Golf Federation The French Golf Federation (French: ''Fédération française de'' ''golf'', FFG) is the national governing body for golf in France. The current president is Pascal Grizot, who was elected on December 5, 2020, succeeding Jean-Lou Charon, who had ...

from 1970 to 1981, president of the

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from 1972 to 1981, vice president of

Racing Club de France Racing Club de France, also known as RCF, is a French multi-sport club that was founded on 20 April 1882 under the name Racing Club. Racing Club changed its name to Racing Club de France (RCF) on 21 November 1885. The club is located at the Bois ...

, president of

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...

from 1970 to 1971, and president of

Paris FC Paris Football Club (French pronunciation: Help:IPA/French, aʁi futbol klœb, commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris, France. They will compete in Ligue ...

from 1969 to 1970 and 1972 to 1973.

Paris FC and Paris Saint-Germain

In the summer of 1970, Guyot was collaborating with

Guy Crescent Guy Crescent (10 June 1920 – 16 October 1996) was a French businessman. He was the president of transport company from 1963 to 1985, and of football club Paris Saint-Germain in 1971, which he helped create a year prior. Biography Ea ...

and

Henri Patrelle Henri Patrelle (5 November 1918 – 25 December 1995) was a French football player and executive who served as president of Stade Saint-Germain and its successor Paris Saint-Germain. Being the "backbone" of Stade Saint-Germain from 1942 onwards, ...

to form a new

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club. Eventually, it was agreed upon that Guyot and Crescent's virtual

would merge with Patrelle's

Stade Saint-Germain Stade Saint-Germain was a French football club founded on 21 June 1904. On 12 August 1970, it merged with Paris FC to form Paris Saint-Germain FC. It was based in the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the western suburbs of Paris Par ...

to form

. Guyot became the first president of the newly-founded club. However, he was succeeded in this role after one year by Crescent. In 1972, PSG split into two, and PFC was re-formed; Guyot subsequently returned to preside the club for one year.

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*''Fédération française de golf Guide Fédéral 1976'', Pierre-Étienne Guyot, F.F.G 1905 births 1985 deaths Sportspeople from Paris French football chairmen and investors Paris Saint-Germain FC presidents Paris FC non-playing staff {{France-sport-bio-stub