About Maurice Pefferkorn
Lived 1884 – 1953 (aged 68–69). Maurice Pefferkorn was a French journalist and association football player.
Maurice Pefferkorn (Moreuil, 23 July 1884 – Paris, 8 August 1953) was a French sports journalist and writer. He specialized in association football.
He was an engineer by training, graduated from the Industrial Institute of the North (current Lille Central School), class of 1907. He was notably a sports columnist for the right-wing nationalist newspaper Candide. He wrote several books on football, the Olympic Games, and athletic sport. He is the winner of the Grand Prize for Sports Literature.
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Who was Maurice Pefferkorn?
French journalist
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Maurice Pefferkorn was born in 1884.
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Maurice Pefferkorn died in 1953.
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Maurice Pefferkorn was a journalist and association football player.
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Maurice Pefferkorn was French.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Maurice Pefferkorn. https://biography.guide/maurice-pefferkorn/
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