Henri Lesur

Henri Ferdinand Édouard Marie Joseph Lesur (25 October 1892 – 1 March 1971) was a French footballer who played as a forward for US Tourquennoise and the French national team between 1912 and 1914.

Biography Born in Tourcoing in October 1892, On 4 January 1914, Lesur played for the so-called Lions des Flandres, a regional scratch team representing Northern France, in a friendly against the Paris football team.

During the First World War, he was wounded and taken prisoner on 23 August 1914 in the battle of Saint-Gérard, and was then interned in the camp, alongside Gabriel Hanot. In the summer of 1919, the 27-year-old Lesur was a member of the French committee that went to the Inter-Allied Games in Paris, a large sports competition organized in celebration of the Allied victory in the War, being listed as a member of the football team, whose squad was formed by soldiers who had participated in the War. He helped his side reach the final on 29 June, which ended in a 2–3 loss to Czechoslovakia.

Later life and death After the War, Lesur became a wool merchant in Tourcoing, where he died on 1 March 1971, at the age of 78.

Honours France Inter-Allied Games Runner-up (1): 1919