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Jules Rimet (French pronunciation: [ʒyl ʁimɛ]; 14 October 1873 – 16 October 1956) was a French football administrator who was the 3rd President of FIFA, serving from 1921 to 1954. He is FIFA's longest-serving president, in office for 33 years.
The Jules Rimet Cup was the original trophy of the FIFA World Cup. Originally called "Victory", but generally known simply as the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, it was renamed in 1946 to honour the FIFA President Jules Rimet, who in 1929 passed a vote to initiate the competition.
Who is Jules Rimet? The Frenchman was the third ever president of FIFA. Born in 1873, he helped to found the organisation in 1904 and was instrumental in setting up international tournaments...
But for all his many achievements, it is as the father of the FIFA World Cup™ that Jules Rimet is best remembered. And given his extraordinary devotion to the global finals, he is...
Through his staunchly Catholic beliefs, Jules Rimet conceived the idea of a football World Cup that would spread his values of integration
Jules Rimet Trophy: 1930-1970. The journey of the FIFA World Cup trophy started with Jules Rimet, the third president of world football governing body FIFA. He laid down the plans for a football World Cup in 1928 and subsequently passed a vote the following year to hold the first edition in Uruguay in 1930.
The Jules Rimet trophy went missing in 1984, however, and was never recovered. It was allegedly stolen from a display case in the headquarters of the Brazilian football association in Rio.
Jules Rimet (French pronunciation: [ʒyl ʁimɛ]; 14 October 1873 – 16 October 1956) was a French football administrator. He was the 3rd President of FIFA from 1921 to 1954. He is FIFA's longest-serving president, in office for 33 years.
The trophy cup awarded from 1930 to 1970 was the Jules Rimet Trophy, named for the Frenchman who proposed the tournament. This cup was permanently awarded in 1970 to then three-time winner Brazil (1958, 1962, and 1970), and a new trophy called the FIFA World Cup was put up for competition.
On 21 June 1930, Jules Rimet, his FIFA delegation, and the teams of Romania, France and Belgium set sail for Uruguay on board the SS Conte Verde, starting a journey that would take two weeks, arriving just in time for the first game on 13 July.