Paul Mathaux

Paul Édouard Mathaux (19 February 1888 – 18 September 1966) was a French footballer who played as a forward for US Boulogne and the French national team between 1904 and 1914. He also competed in the football tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, doing so as a member of the France B squad.

Early life Paul-Édouard Mathaux was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer on 19 February 1888, as the son of a grocer with a shop window at 2 rue de Lille, and Mathaux himself would later become a grocer as well, in Boulogne first, but also later in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. Paul was a constant in the family, with the second name was used to distinguish them; for instance, his father was called Paul-Clément, his brother Robert-Paul, and his son would be called Paul-Jean.

Mathaux died in Ivry-sur-Seine on 19 September 1966, at the age of 78.