Maurice Bunyan

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|name = Maurice Bunyan

|image = Maurice Bunyan dans Le Soir du 21 mars 1927.png

|image_size = 180

|caption = Bunyan in 1927.

|fullname = Maurice Taylor Bunyan

|birth_date = {{birth date|1893|11|11|df=y}}

|birth_place = England

|death_date = {{death-date and age|December 1967|November 1893}}

|height =

|position = Striker

|years1 = 1909–1923

|clubs1 = Racing Club de Bruxelles

|caps1 = 158

|goals1 = 150

|years2 = 1923–1926

|clubs2 = Stade Français

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|manageryears1 = 1945–1947

|managerclubs1 = Bordeaux

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Maurice Taylor Bunyan (11 November 1893 – December 1967) was an English football player and manager active primarily in Belgium and France.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25204 |title=Maurice Bunyan |work=Olympedia |access-date=16 August 2021}}

Playing career

Bunyan played as a striker in Belgium for Racing Club de Bruxelles (where he scored 150 goals in 158 matches)) and in France for Stade Français. He was the topscorer of the Belgian First Division in 1912 and 1914.{{cite web|url=http://download.saipm.com/pdf/supplements/foot.pdf|title=Spécial Foot 2008–2009: toutes les équipes, tous les joueurs de D1|language=fr|date=4 February 2009|accessdate=20 March 2018}} He also competed for Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|last=Gjerde|first=Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans|author3=Bill Mallon|author4=Hilary Evans|title=Maurice Bunyan Bio, Stats, and Results|work=Olympics|publisher=Sports Reference.com|date=September 2013|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/maurice-bunyan-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040038/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/maurice-bunyan-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|accessdate=20 March 2018}}

Managerial career

Bunyan managed French side Bordeaux between 1945 and 1947.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html|title=France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs |accessdate=30 October 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618093752/http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html|website=RSSSF|url-status=live|archivedate=18 June 2009}} Following his coaching experience, Bunyan wrote a book in French named Le football simplifié, with the help of Jules Rimet.[https://www.amazon.fr/Football-simplifi%C3%A9-Maurice-Bunyan-Pr%C3%A9face/dp/B0018H59DM Le Football simplifié, par Maurice T. Bunyan,... Préface de Jules Rimet] In 1947 he followed Helenio Herrera as a coach of Stade Francais."Fodbolden ruller for Danmark (1959), Arne Sørensen

Personal life

Bunyan's father was Charles Bunyan Sr. and his brother was Charles Bunyan Jr.

Honours

= Club =

; RC Bruxelles

Belgian Cup: 1911–12{{cite web |date=25 December 2023 |title=Winnaars - Beker van België |url=https://www.voetbal.com/winnaar/bel-beker-van-belgie/ |website=voetbal.com}}

= Individual =

Belgian First Division top scorer: 1911-12 (35 goals), 1913-14 (28 goals) {{cite web |title=Topscorer Eerste Klasse |url=https://www.voetbal.com/topscoorders/bel-eerste-klasse-a/}}