Albert Dubly

Albert Dubly
Personal information
Full name Albert Charles Dubly
Date of birth (1881-09-02)2 September 1881
Place of birth Roubaix, France
Date of death 23 December 1949(1949-12-23) (aged 68)
Place of death Lille, France
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1908 RC Roubaix
International career
1908 France 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Charles Dubly (2 September 1881 – 23 December 1949) was a French footballer who played as a defender for RC Roubaix in the early 20th century.[1] He was also a member of the French squad that competed in the football tournament of the 1908 Olympic Games in London, but he did not play in any matches.[2][3]

Early life

Albert Dubly was born in Roubaix on 2 September 1881, the fifth of nine sons.[4] In the early 20th century, the Dublys were the most prominent family in French football, as his brothers Maurice (1876–?), Léon, Jean, and Raymond achieved internationals caps for France, although the first two did so in unofficial matches against Corinthian in 1903.[5]

Playing career

The nine Dubly brothers, all of them being footballers licensed in Roubaix.

Like his older brothers, Dubly began playing football at Racing Club de Roubaix, and together with Maurice, Léon, André Renaux, André François, and Émile Sartorius, he was a member of the Roubaix team that won a three-peat of French national championships between 1902 and 1904, with Léon and Albert starting in each of those three finals; the former was the captain in the 1902 final, scoring the opening goal to help his side to a 4–3 win over Racing Club de France.[6] In the preview of the 1903 final, the French newspaper L'Auto (the future L'Équipe) described him as "tough, precise, and conscientious player who could perhaps be blamed for his lack of speed".[7] In 1904 final, he was replaced by his younger brother André, who helped his side to a 4–2 win over United Sports Club [fr]; this was the retirement match of captain Léon, who was set to get married wthin two weeks.[8]

In October 1908, the USFSA selected him for the French national team that competed in the football tournament of the 1908 Olympic Games in London, but he failed to feature in a single game as France was knocked out in the semifinals by Denmark following a resounding 17–1 loss.[2][3]

Including the national championship and the Challenge International du Nord (1903), the two brothers Albert and André Dubly played a total of six finals between 1902 and 1907, but since some of the newspapers only mentioned the name "A. Dubly", the number of matches that each of them played remains somewhat unclear.[citation needed]

Personal life and death

Outside of football, Dubly was a Doctor of Medicine.[4] On 26 October 1909, the 28-year-old Dubly married Yvonne Charlotte Julia Leroy (1886–1967), with whom he had a daughter in 1913, Jacqueline Jeanne Maurice Dubly.[4]

Dubly died in Lille on 23 December 1949, at the age of 68.[4]

Honours

RC Roubaix

References

  1. ^ "Albert Dubly". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Albert Dubly". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Football Tournament 1908 Olympiad - Squad Lists". RSSSF. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "Family tree of Albert Charles Dubly". gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Les premiers Bleus: Jean et Jules Dubly, les faux frères du Nord" [The first Blues: Jean and Jules Dubly, the false brothers of the North]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Roubaix champion de France". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 21 April 1902. p. 7. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Les matches d'aujourd - Championnat de France - La finale" [Today's matches - French Championship - The final]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 19 April 1903. p. 7. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Le dernier match d'un athlète" [The last match of an athlete]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Tous les sports. 23 April 1904. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2024.