Ano, Gabriel

Gabriel Anot ( French Gabriel Hanot ; November 6, 1889 , Arras - August 10, 1968 , Vanganbur-Anganthal ) - French footballer , player of the French national team , well-known sports journalist , editor of the French publications France Football and L'Equipe . He owns the idea of ​​organizing a pan-European football tournament with the participation of the strongest clubs.

Gabriel Ano
general information
Born	November 6, 1889 ( 1889-11-06 ) Arras , France
Died	August 10, 1968 ( 1968-08-10 ) (78 years old) Vanganbur-Anganthal , France
Citizenship	France
Position	defender
Club career [* 1] 1906-1910 Tourcoing ? (?) 1910-1912 Preussen ? (?) 1912-1915 Tourcoing ? (?) 1916-1919 French people ? (?) National Team [* 2] 1908-1919 France 12 (3)
↑ Number of games and goals for a professional club is considered only for various leagues of national championships. ↑ Number of games and goals for the national team in official matches.

December 15, 1954 Ano published a material entitled "We offer the European Football Cup." The reason for the publication was published shortly before this article in the London Daily Mail . In it, the English Wolverhampton Wanderers was named the strongest club in the world based on victories in friendly matches over the Hungarian Honved and the Soviet Spartak . Gabriel Ano asks a rhetorical question: how would the British play with these teams in Budapest and Moscow? Ano initiative received the support of other French publications - this is how the large-scale campaign for holding a pan-European tournament began.