| André Bellon | |
| Fullname: | André Bellon |
| Birth Place: | France |
| Position: | Defender |
| Years1: | 1917–1918 |
André Bellon was a French footballer who played as a defender for Lyon in the mid-1910s.[1] He is best known for playing in the first-ever Coupe de France final in 1918, which Lyon lost.[1]
André Bellon was born in France to Philippe André Auguste Bellon (1849–1918), a native of Molines-en-Queyras, and Elisabeth Anne Marie Berge.[2] He had an older brother who was dead at birth in 1884,[3] while André was born either in the late 1880s or early 1890s. A relative of his, Louis Bellon (1908–1998), was an artist who went on to became a member of the (Salon of the South-East), one of the most prestigious arts organizations of Lyon where many important contemporary artists exhibited.[4]
Very little is known about his life; Bellon was playing football for Lyon in the 1917–18 season.[1] In the second round replay of the 1917–18 Coupe de France against AS Lyonnaise on 18 November, he scored an equalizer in terrible weather conditions to force another replay played a week later in which Lyon won 5–0.[5] In the quarterfinals, Lyon faced Stade Rennais on neutral ground in Paris on 3 February 1918, and he once again netted an equalizer in the second half in an eventual 2–1 win.[5] He thus contributed decisively in helping his side reach the 1918 Coupe de France final, the competition's first-ever final, which they lost 0–3 to Olympique Pantin.[6] [7] [8]