Olympic Games 1924 : France - USA

Grrr... I did not manage to puchase this card last week on eBay (did not bid high enough....) but the seller was kind enough to send me a good copy of it (avaialble here on Flickr, like all my pictures if you want to download them...)

I don't have time right now to chat about the history of rugby at the Olympics (but a French writer is finalizing a book on the topic... Pierre, if you read me, when do you plan to publish it ?)... let's just mention that this postcard captures the final between France and USA... surprisingly won by the US team 17-3...  Actually, this match is also the last rugby match played at the Olympics before it was banned (violence, professionalism, hooliganism... name it... )

Earlier this year, I have exchanged a couple of mails and prints with an American who landed on this website googling for his cousin, Linn Farish, who played in the US team... John, can you identify him ;-)

Let me also share this other view of the "Stade de Colombes"... (this card is mine, at least...). There one little I like from this time : 'by default", there are rugby posts on the pitch... not football posts as of today...






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