Louis Bach Explained

Louis Adrien Bach (14 April 1883 in Paris – 16 September 1914 in Servon-Melzicourt) was a French football player who played as a defender and competed in the 1900 Olympic Games.^[1] In Paris he won a silver medal as a member of Club Française club team.^[2] He was killed in action during World War I.^{[3] [4]}

According to M.C.E. Reeves, the captain of the Norwood and Selhurst Football Club interviewed by the sports newspaper L'Auto in October 1900, he was one the best backwards he was given to watch playing.^[5]

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I

Notes and References

1. Web site: Games of the II. Olympiad . 23 September 2018 . RSSSF.
2. Web site: Louis Bach . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200237/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/louis-bach-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 August 2015 . Sports Reference.
3. 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.
4. Web site: Louis Bach . Olympedia . 26 December 2020.
5. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25033 Web site: L'avis d'un joueur anglais . Gallica . 30 October 1900 . 4 January 2023.