Charles de Saint-Cyr

Charles de Saint-Cyr (9 February 1875 – 3 June 1940) was a French footballer and author. In 1897, he co-founded Red Star with Jules Rimet, the future president of FIFA.

Early life Charles de Saint-Cyr was born in London on 9 February 1875, In the following month, on 21 February 1897, the 23-year-old Rimet gathered his circle of close friends at the sports café on rue de Grenelle in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, which included Saint-Cyr and Weber, along with his brother Modeste and his brother-in-law Jean de Pessac, and together, they founded the multi-sports club Red Star, with football gradually taking over all the activities offered. Despite still being in his early 20s, Saint-Cyr seems to have never played for Red Star. and he was also involved in the USFSA's cross-country events. At some point between 1911 and 1913, French photographer Céline Laguarde made a portrait of Saint-Cyr, which is currently conserved at the Musée d'Orsay.

Military career Saint-Cyr was reported for military service for the first time in 1894, but was discharged four years later, in 1898, due to generalized psoriasis. He went on to publish two other collections, one in 1923 and the other in 1929, as well as stories and studies on Italy and Garibaldi. In early 1928, he published an article in La Semaine severely criticizing Lupu Pick's 1926 film Das Haus der Lüge ("The House of Lies"). On 15 February 1929, he wrote and published a dithyrambic article about Teinosuke Kinugasa's 1928 film Jūjiro ("Crossroads"), on the occasion of its Parisian release at Studio Diamant, stating "never has the screen offered me one of such complete beauty, of such constant emotion".

Death Saint-Cyr died in Paris on 3 June 1940, at the age of 65.