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Jules Rimet was a French football administrator who served as the third president of FIFA from 1921 to 1954, a tenure of 33 years that remains the longest in FIFA history. He is credited with founding the FIFA World Cup, which was first held in 1930 in Uruguay on his initiative.
Jules Rimet was born on the 14th of October 1873 in the commune of Theuley, in the department of Haute-Saone in eastern France. His family moved to Paris in 1884 when he was eleven years old.
Uruguay was chosen to host the 1930 World Cup because professional football was well established in South America, and the Uruguayan Football Association offered to pay all travel costs for competing teams. Only four European nations attended: France, Belgium, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
The Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen before the 1966 World Cup in England, then recovered by a dog named Pickles. Brazil won permanent possession after their third World Cup title in 1970, but the trophy was stolen again in Rio de Janeiro in 1983 and is believed to have been melted down, though no conclusive proof exists.
Jules Rimet founded Red Star, originally called Red Star Club Francais, in 1897. He built the club on the principle that membership would not discriminate on the basis of class, reflecting his Catholic social beliefs.
Yes, Jules Rimet received a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1956, the same year he died, in recognition of his efforts to establish the FIFA World Cup as an international sporting competition.