Émile Louis François Dusart (2 August 1896 – 6 January 1918) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for RC Roubaix and the French national team in the early 1910s.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Émile Louis François Dusart | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Roubaix, France | ||
| Date of death | 6 January 1918 (aged 21) | ||
| Place of death | Sainte-Menehould, France | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1914 | RC Roubaix | ||
| International career | |||
| 1914 | France | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Early life
editPlaying career
editTogether with his brother André, he took out a license with his hometown club RC Roubaix in the early 1910s, but only became a regular in the club's first team during the 1913–14 season, aged 17, where he formed a great wing with Raymond Dubly.[1] He made up for his frail build and small height of 1.66 meters with his technique, being selected by the Northern team to play a friendly against a selection of Normandy in April 1914.[1] The following month, on 31 May 1914, the 17-year-old Dusart earned his first (and only) international cap for France in a friendly against Hungary at Budapest, which ended in a 5–1 loss.[1][2] In doing so, he became the fourth-ever RC Roubaix players to represent the French national team, after Émile Sartorius, Maurice Vandendriessche, and Dubly.[3]
Death
editWhen World War I broke out in July 1914, Dusart was still a few weeks shy of his 18th birthday, so he was only incorporated in April 1915,[1] into Saint-Cyr.[4] A second lieutenant of the 365th infantry regiment, he died on 6 January 1918, in an ambulance taking him to the Sainte-Menehould hospital after wounds received in combat on 2 January.[1][5][6][7] The following month, in February, one of his brothers played for the Northern France selection in a friendly against a LFA selection.[8] Despite being over 40 years old, his father also fought in World War I, but unlike his son, he survived it.[1]
Legacy
editIn the following year, in June 1919, his former club Roubaix held a mass in the Saint-Martin church in honor of the Roubaix members who died at the front, including Dusart.[1][9] He was posthumously awarded the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honor.[5]
Like so many other French internationals from the early 20th century, Dusart was the victim of mistakes by historians, being initially confused with a certain Emile Désiré Dusart, born in Ardennes on 3 September 1892, and who died on 13 March 1919, an error that persisted until the 21st century,[10][1][11]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Les premiers Bleus: Emile Dusart, le vingt-quatrième homme" [The first Blues: Emile Dusart, the twenty-fourth man]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 10 November 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "Emile Dusart, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "Roubaix et l'équipe de France de Football: une longue histoire..." [Roubaix and the French Football Team: a long history...]. www.roubaixxl.fr (in French). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "Choses & autres" [Things & Others]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Sporting. 16 May 1917. p. 15. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- 1 2 "Emile Dusart". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "DUSART Emile Louis François, 02-08-1896". www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "Nos Morts - Le Sous-Lieutenant Emile DUSART" [Our Dead - Second Lieutenant Emile Dusart]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Bulletin de la paroisse St-Martin de Roubaix et de ses oeuvres. 15 February 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "La vie sportive - Football Association" [Sports life - Football Association]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Matin. 22 February 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "Un service funèbre à Roubaix" [A funeral service in Roubaix]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 13 June 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "Emile Dusart (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "Les internationaux français morts au combat à la Première Guerre mondiale" [French internationals killed in combat during the First World War]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
External links
edit- Émile Dusart at WorldFootball.net