Louis Bach Explained

Louis Bach
Fullname:Louis Désiré Bach
Birth Date:14 April 1883
Birth Place:10th arrondissement of Paris, France
Death Place:Servon-Melzicourt, Marne, France
Position:Defender
Years1:1897–1901
Nationalyears1:1900
Nationalteam1:France (Olympic)
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:+0

Louis Désiré Bach (14 April 1883 – 16 September 1914) was a French footballer who played as a defender and who competed in the football tournament at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, winning a silver medal as a member of the USFSA Olympic team representing France, which was primarily made up of Club Français players.[1] [2]

Playing career

Club career

Louis Bach was born in 10th arrondissement of Paris on 14 April 1883, and he began his football career at his hometown team, Club Français.[1] [3] On 23 October 1899, the 16-year-old Bach started in the 1899 Coupe Manier final at Suresnes, helping his side to a 6–0 win over RC Roubaix.[4] Bach was a member of the Club Français team that won the .[5] On 29 April 1900, he started in the final of the 1900 Challenge International du Nord in Tourcoing, which ended in a 2–3 loss to Le Havre AC.[6] In the following week, on 6 May, he started in another final against Le Havre AC, this time in the 1900 USFSA Football Championship, and even though he "worked wonders after wonders", Club Français lost 0–1.[7] Later that year, on 23 December, Bach formed a defensive partnership with Pierre Allemane in the 1900 Coupe Manier final at Joinville, keeping a clean-sheet in a 1–0 win over UA I arrondissement.[8]

According to M.C.E. Reeves, the captain of the Norwood and Selhurst Football Club interviewed in October 1900, Bach was "one the best defenders he had watched playing".[9]

International career

Bach was listed as a defender for the USFSA team at the 1900 Olympic Games.[10] Having just turned 17-years-old, Bach was the youngest member of the team.[1] He was selected for both matches, which ended in a 0–4 loss to Upton Park on 20 September, and in a 6–2 win over a team representing Belgium three days later.[11] The French team came second and Bach was thus awarded with a silver medal.[1] [11] [12]

Later life

Bach enlisted in the French Army in 1904, but left in 1906, although he stayed in the reserves.[1] When the First World War broke out in August 1914, he was called up and joined his old regiment, the 128e Régiment d’Infanterie, being killed in action in Servon-Melzicourt, Marne, on 16 September 1914, at the age of 31,[1] [3] [12] [13] and was buried in the .[1]

Honours

Club

Club Français

International

France MNT

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Louis Bach . Olympedia . 26 December 2020 . 28 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128113033/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25033 . live .
  2. Web site: Louis Bach - Player Profile - Football . www.eurosport.com . 14 November 2024 . 27 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241127045714/https://www.eurosport.com/football/louis-bach_prs317816/person.shtml . live .
  3. Web site: BACH Louis Désiré, 14-04-1883 . fr . www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr . 14 November 2024.
  4. Web site: La Coupe Manier . fr . www.retronews.fr . Le Journal des sports . 2 . 23 October 1899 . 14 November 2024 . 24 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240524001450/https://www.retronews.fr/journal/journal-des-sports/23-octobre-1899/4054/5389432/2 . live .
  5. Web site: Les grandes équipes de football . The Great Football Teams . fr . gallica.bnf.fr . . 23 . 14 January 1900 . 14 November 2024 . 27 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241127045031/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k96060553/f9.image.r=francais.zoom . live .
  6. Web site: Le Challenge du Nord - Victoire des Havrais . The Challenge of the North - Victory of Le Havre . fr . www.retronews.fr . Le Journal des sports . 3 . 30 April 1900 . 14 November 2024 .
  7. Web site: Championnat de France - Club Français (1) contre La Havre AC (1) . French Championship - Club Français (1) against La Havre AC (1) . fr . www.retronews.fr . Le Journal des sports . 2 . 7 May 1900 . 14 November 2024 . 13 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241113004921/https://www.retronews.fr/journal/journal-des-sports/7-mai-1900/4054/5389600/2 . live .
  8. Web site: La Coupe Manier . fr . gallica.bnf.fr . . 3 . 24 December 1900 . 14 November 2024 . 13 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241113190101/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624350z/f3.item.zoom . live .
  9. Web site: L'avis d'un joueur anglais . An English player's opinion . fr . gallica.bnf.fr . . 30 October 1900 . 4 January 2023 . 4 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230104211745/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46242956/f2.item.zoo . live .
  10. Web site: Paris 1900, en sport de démonstration . Paris 1900, in demonstration sport . fr . www.fff.fr . 10 July 2024 . 14 November 2024 . 27 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240727035341/https://www.fff.fr/article/12601-paris-1900-en-sport-de-demonstration.html . live .
  11. Web site: Games of the II. Olympiad . . 12 May 2022 . 14 November 2024 . 9 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220709122416/https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1900f.html . live .
  12. Web site: Louis Bach . fr . www.memoiresdeguerre.com . 11 November 2016 . 14 November 2024 . 27 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241127040718/https://www.memoiresdeguerre.com/2016/11/bach-louis.html . live .
  13. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 August 2015 . Sports Reference.

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