Georges Ouvray

Georges Ouvray
Ouvray in 1927
Personal information
Full name Georges Maurice Ouvray
Date of birth (1905-06-11)11 June 1905
Place of birth Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Date of death 25 July 1983(1983-07-25) (aged 78)
Place of death Fontenay-lès-Briis, France
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1933 CA Paris
1933–1935 Club Français
International career
1928 France 1 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georges Maurice Ouvray (11 June 1905 – 25 July 1983) was a French footballer who played as a forward for CA Paris in the late 1920s.

Career

Ouvray (crouched, first from left) with the CA Paris team that played in the 1928 Coupe de France final.

Born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés on 11 June 1905, Ouvray began his football career at CA Paris in 1927.[1] Together with Jean Gautheroux, Marcel Langiller, and the Laurent brothers (Jean and Lucien), he was a member of the CA Paris team that reached the 1928 Coupe de France final at Colombes on 6 May, which ended in a 3–1 loss to Red Star.[2][3] During the final, he overtook the opposing captain Marcel Domergue time and time again, and even hit the woodwork once; therefore, the following day, the journalists of the French newspaper Le Miroir des sports stated that he was "truly the great player of the final".[4]

A few months earlier, on 21 February 1928, the 22-year-old Ouvray earned his first (and only) international cap for France in a friendly match against Northern Ireland at Montrouge, scoring his side's fourth goal to seal a 4–0 victory.[5][6] He remained loyal to CA Paris until 1933, when he left for Club Français, where he retired in 1935, aged 30.[7][1]

Death

Ouvray died in Fontenay-lès-Briis on 25 July 1983, at the age of 78.[8]

Honours

CA Paris

References

  1. ^ a b "Georges Ouvray". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Grandes Equipes del CA Paris" [Great teams of CA Paris]. www.pari-et-gagne.com (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Saison 1927-1928 Red Star Vainqueur" [1927-1928 Season Red Star Winner]. www.om4ever.com (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Le Red Star gagne, devant 25.000 spectateurs, la Coupe de France sur le C.A. Paris, très malchanceux" [Red Star wins the French Cup in front of 25,000 spectators against the very unlucky CA Paris]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Miroir des sports. 8 May 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Georges Ouvray, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  6. ^ "France-Irlande et le maxch des armées nous autorisent a attendre avec confiance la saison de l'équipe nationale" [France-Ireland and the army match allow us to look forward to the national team's season with confidence]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Miroir des sports. 28 February 1928. p. 9. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Georges Ouvray (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Notice de personne "Ouvray, Georges (1905-1983)"" [Personal information "Ouvray, Georges (1905-1983)"]. catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2025.
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