Henri Veyssade
{{Short description|French footballer (1908–1934)}}
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| caption = Veyssade in 1930
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|01|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Meudon, France
| death_date = {{death date and age|1934|11|10|1908|01|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = Caen, France
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| position = Winger
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| years1 = 1927–1929 | clubs1 = ÉS de Juvisy-sur-Orge | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1929–1933 | clubs2 = RC Paris | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 1933–1934 | clubs3 = Saint-Étienne | caps3 = | goals3 =
| years4 = 1934 | clubs4 = Stade Malherbe Caen | caps4 = | goals4 =
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Henri Veyssade (24 January 1908 – 10 November 1934) was a French footballer who played as a forward for RC Paris in the early 1930s.
Career
Born on 24 January 1908 in the Hauts-de-Seine town of Meudon,{{cite web |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb17920072z |title=Notice de personne "Veyssade, Henri (1908-1934)" |trans-title=Personal information "Veyssade, Henri (1908-1934)" |language=fr |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |access-date=17 May 2025}} Veyssade began his career at Étoile sportive de Juvisy-sur-Orge in 1927, aged 19, then in the Paris championship.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k575983r/f5.image.r=veyssade.zoom |title=Le championnat de Paris |trans-title=The Paris championship |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=Le Matin |page=5 |date=21 November 1927 |access-date=17 May 2025 }}{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6074113/f4.image.r=veyssade.zoom |title=Saint-Aubin battu par Juvisy |trans-title=Saint-Aubin beaten by Juvisy |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=Le Petit Parisien |page=4 |date=3 December 1928 |access-date=17 May 2025 }}
File:Racing Club de France 1930 Buffalo.jpg
In 1929, Veyssade joined the ranks of RC Paris, and in his first season at the club, he helped them reach the 1930 Coupe de France final, which ended in a 3–1 loss to Sète.{{cite web |url=http://www.om4ever.com/CoupeFrance/1920/Coupe1929-1930.html |title=Saison 1929-1930 Sète Vainqueur |trans-title=1929-1930 Season Sète Winner |language=fr |website=www.om4ever.com |access-date=17 May 2025}} The following day, the journalists of the French newspaper L'Auto (the forerunner of L'Équipe) described his performance as "mediocre", although he made a shot that grazed the woodwork.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4635991j/f5.item.r=veyssade.zoom |title=La victoire des Sétois en Coupe de France |trans-title=The victory of the Sète team in the Coupe de France |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |page=1 |date=28 April 1930 |access-date=17 May 2025 }} Two years later, he helped Racing reach the semifinals of the 1931–32 Coupe de France, in which he did not play, being replaced by Henri Ozenne.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46337094/f8.image.r=demi.zoom |title=Les demi-fianles de la Coupe de France - A.S. Cannes bat Racing C. France: 1-0 |trans-title=The semifinals of the Coupe de France - AS beats RC France: 1-0 |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |page=8 |date=4 April 1932 |access-date=17 May 2025 }} The following season, Racing participated in the inaugural edition of the French professional championship, but Veyssade was not part of the professional team as he only played in reserve matches.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k659118k/f12.item.r=veyssade.zoom |title=Racing 2, S.R.U.C 0 |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Ouest-Éclair |page=12 |date=5 December 1932 |access-date=17 May 2025 }}
Veyssade stayed at Racing for four years, from 1929 until 1933, when he joined Saint-Étienne, with whom he played for one season before signing for Stade Malherbe Caen in 1934.{{cite web |url=https://www.anciensverts.com/joueur.php?numero=520 |title=Henri VEYSSADE |language=fr |website=www.anciensverts.com |access-date=17 May 2025}} A few months later, however, on 9 September 1934, in a league match against La Bastide, he sustained a foot injury and was later admitted to the hospital, where he died of tetanus on 10 November 1934.
Honours
;RC Paris
- Coupe de France:
- Runner-up (1): 1929–30