Gabriel Hanot

{{Short description|French footballer and journalist (1889–1968)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gabriel Hanot

| image = Gabriel Hanot 1910.JPEG

| caption = Hanot in 1910

| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|11|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Arras, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|8|10|1889|11|6|df=y}}

| death_place = Wangenbourg-Engenthal, France

| height =

| position = Full back

| youthyears1 =

| youthyears2 =

| years1 = 1907?–1910? |clubs1 = US Tourcoing FC |caps1 = 28 |goals1 = 6

| years2 = 1910?–1912? |clubs2 = BFC Preussen |caps2 = 62 |goals2 = 7

| years3 = 1912?–1915? |clubs3 = Tourcoing |caps3 = 49 |goals3 = 6

| years4 = 1916?–1919? |clubs4 = AS Francilienne |caps4 = 49 |goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1908–1919 |nationalteam1 = France | nationalcaps1 = 12 |nationalgoals1 = 3

| manageryears1 = 1945–1949 | managerclubs1 = France (coach under a committee)

}}

Gabriel Hanot ({{IPA|fr|ɡabʁijɛl ano}}; 6 November 1889 – 10 August 1968) was a French footballer and journalist (the editor of L'Équipe). The European Cup—which became the UEFA Champions League—was the brainchild of Hanot, as was the Ballon d'Or, an award that honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year.{{Cite journal |last1=Straeten |first1=Karine van der |last2=Laslier |first2=Jean-François |last3=Daoust |first3=Jean-François |last4=Blais |first4=André |last5=Arrondel |first5=Luc |last6=Anderson |first6=Christopher J. |date=2019 |title=Messi, Ronaldo, and the Politics of Celebrity Elections: Voting for the Best Soccer Player in the World |journal=Perspectives on Politics |volume=18 |pages=91–110 |doi=10.1017/S1537592719002391 |issn=1537-5927 |doi-access=free}}

Biography

He made 12 appearances for the France national football team, with his debut coming on 8 March 1908 against Switzerland. He was also part of France's squad for the football tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/701800 |title=Gabriel Hanot |work=Olympedia |access-date=24 May 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524172605/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/701800 |url-status=live}} He made another 10 appearances for them up to World War I. After the war he played one more time for France, as captain against Belgium on 9 March 1919.{{cite web |url=http://www.fff.fr/individus/selections/visu_fiche.php?in_no=479&id_cat=1 |title=HANOT Gabriel |work=Equipe de France A: Tous les jouers |publisher=FFF |language=fr|access-date=10 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729215200/http://www.fff.fr/individus/selections/visu_fiche.php?id_cat=1&in_no=479|archive-date=29 July 2012}}

Following an aviation accident he gave up football and became a journalist.{{cite web |last=Boudreault |first=Patrick |title=Saga Ligue des Champions (1/4). Gabriel Hanot,visionnaire de génie |url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2007/08/06/9562-Saga-Ligue-des-Champions-1-4-Gabriel-Hanot-visionnaire-de-genie.html |publisher=La Depeche |language=fr|access-date=11 November 2011 |date=6 August 2007|archive-date=14 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814052335/http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2007/08/06/9562-saga-ligue-des-champions-1-4-gabriel-hanot-visionnaire-de-genie.html|url-status=live}} He is credited with introducing the professional championship in France, in 1932.

Hanot and his colleague at L'Équipe Jacques Ferran were the prime movers behind getting the European Cup established.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/ |title=Football's premier club competition |date=14 June 2010 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=7 August 2010 |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806210813/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/index.html |url-status=live}}