Robert Eucher

Eucher was born on 14 June 1884 in the 13th arrondissement of Paris,{{cite web |url=https://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMjAtMTAtMjciO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MjM1NjI4O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=0%2C0&uielem_rotate=F&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=62 |title=1884, Naissances, 13 - Visionneuse |trans-title=1884, Births, 13 - Viewer |language=fr |website=archives.paris.fr |accessdate=18 March 2024 |archive-date=19 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319235952/https://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMjAtMTAtMjciO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MjM1NjI4O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=0%2C0&uielem_rotate=F&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=62 |url-status=live }} where he began his football career at AS Française in 1904, aged 20.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4625868p/f5.item.r=%22Robert%20Eucher%22.zoom |title=Petites nouvelles athlétiques |trans-title=Little athletic news |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=Gallica |date=25 October 1910 |accessdate=18 March 2024 |archive-date=19 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319235958/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4625868p/f5.item.r=%22Robert%20Eucher%22.zoom |url-status=live }} On 2 April 1905, Eucher played for Paris in the very first Paris-Nord match, helping his side to a 4–1 win.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46269156/f7.item.zoom |title=Joueurs Parisiens contre Joueurs du Nord (U.S.F.S.A.) |trans-title=Parisian Players versus Northern Players (U.S.F.S.A.) |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |date=3 April 1905 |access-date=30 November 2024 }}

On 5 April 1908, Eucher started in the final of the 1908 Coupe Dewar, which ended in a 2–1 loss to CA Paris.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46234589/f7.image.r=eucher.zoom |title=Cercle Athlétique de Paris gagne la Coupe Dewar |trans-title=CA Paris wins the Dewar Cup |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |page=7 |date=6 April 1908 |access-date=7 February 2025 }} In the following month, on 10 May, the 23-year-old Eucher earned his first and only cap for the French national team in a friendly match against the Netherlands, replacing Émile Sartorius, who had been retained in the North for his duties as an elector; France lost 4–1.{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/42248/Robert_Eucher.html |title=Robert Eucher (Player) |website=www.national-football-teams.com |accessdate=18 March 2024 |archive-date=19 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319235951/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/42248/Robert_Eucher.html |url-status=live }} A few months later, in October, the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA) selected Eucher for the French B squad that competed in the football tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he failed to feature in a single game as they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Denmark.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1908f-det.html#sq |title=Football Tournament 1908 Olympiad - Squad Lists |publisher=RSSSF |date=8 September 2024 |accessdate=30 November 2024 |archive-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111135811/https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1908f-det.html#sq |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k785023j/f4.item.r=eucher.zoom |title=Les matches des Jeux Olympiques |trans-title=The matches of the Olympic Games |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Intransigeant |page=4 |date=8 October 1908 |access-date=7 February 2025 }}

Eucher helped AS Française win the 1908 Coupe Manier, which was awarded to the team composed of at least eight French players with the highest ranking in the USFSA Paris championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.retronews.fr/journal/l-auto/25-fevrier-1908/345/2018671/5 |title=Football Association - Impressions du lendemain - Championnat de Paris (U.S.F.S.A) |trans-title=Association Football - Impressions of the next day - Paris Championship (USFSA) |language=fr |website=www.retronews.fr |publisher=L'Auto |date=25 February 1908 |access-date=24 November 2024 |archive-date=27 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127203815/https://www.retronews.fr/journal/l-auto/25-fevrier-1908/345/2018671/5 |url-status=live }} On 18 April 1909, he started in the final of the Coupe Dewar in 1909 at Stade de Charentonneau, which ended in a 0–5 loss to Gallia Club.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624115t/f7.item.zoom |title=Le Gallia Club gagne la Coupe Dewar |trans-title=The Gallia Club wins the Dewar Cup |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |date=19 April 1909 |access-date=24 November 2024 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105151359/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624115t/f7.item.zoom |url-status=live }} In 1909 and 1910, Eucher played for France in two unofficial matches against England AFA, the first on 18 March 1909 in Colombes (0–8), and then on 12 March 1910 in Ipswich, the latter ending in a resounding 0–20 loss.{{cite web |url=https://www.chroniquesbleues.fr/L-equipe-de-France-de-l-UIAFA |title=L’équipe de France de l’UIAFA |trans-title=The UIAFA French team |language=fr |website=www.chroniquesbleues.fr |date=4 November 2024 |access-date=30 November 2024 }} On 5 March 1911, Eucher played an international match against English club Weybridge, helping his side to a 4–1 win.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4627345k/f5.item.zoom |title=Belle victoire de L'A.S.F. |trans-title=Great victory for the A.S.F. |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |page=5 |date=6 March 1911 |access-date=30 November 2024 }}

During the First World War, Eucher fought for the 101st Infantry Regiment, and after the War, he became a cashier at the Havas Agency in Paris.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9788090m/f4.image.r=eucher.zoom |title=Ce que sont devenus les anciens champions |trans-title=What happened to the former champions |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=Le Miroir des sports |page=341 |date=4 November 1925 |access-date=30 November 2024 }}

Eucher died in the 13th arrondissement of Paris on 23 May 1940, at the age of 55.

;AS Française

• Coupe Manier:
• Champions (1): 1908
• Coupe Dewar:
• Runner-up (1): 1909

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Category:1884 births

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Category:20th-century French sportsmen