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Jacques Ferran (30 March 1920 – 7 February 2019) was a French sports journalist and author. He was the editor-in-chief at L'Equipe and the director of France Football . He contributed to the creation of the European Cup and the Ballon d'Or .
Jacques Ferran, né le 30 mars 1920 à Montpellier et mort le 7 février 2019 à Paris 1, est un journaliste sportif et écrivain français. Il a été rédacteur en chef de L'Équipe, directeur de France Football et co-créateur de la Coupe d'Europe des clubs champions européens, du Ballon d'or et du Paris Saint-Germain.
The respected French journalist Jacques Ferran – one of the architects of what eventually became the European Champion Clubs' Cup and, later, the UEFA Champions League – has passed away at the...
Feb 7, 2019 · Jacques Ferran, one of the main drivers of the European Cup and who wrote the original regulations for the tournament, has died this Thursday aged 98. In 1955 he was one of the young...
Feb 9, 2019 · Europe's elite clubs and their millionaire stars should recognise the telling contribution of legendary journalist Jacques Ferran with a minute's silence when the UEFA Champions League resumes ...
Jacques Ferran, now aged 96, still remembers the fantastic adventure that led to the creation of the world’s greatest club competition as if it were yesterday. Back in the 1950s, most...
That distinction goes to L’Equipe editor Gabriel Hanot and his colleague Jacques Ferran, who were pushing for a Europe-wide club competition while most UEFA members were more interested in a national team competition. Hanot and Ferran drafted the initial plans for a football league to be played on Wednesday nights under floodlights.
