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Auguste Schalbart, sometimes misspelled as Schalbar (11 July 1889 – 1952), and nicknamed "Napoleon", was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for USA Clichy and the French national team in the 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament at Roubaix.
He later co-founded FC Nancy on 20 May 1935.




Biography


Auguste Schalbart was born in Levallois-Perret on 11 July 1889. He was a versatility footballer who could play in all positions, including as a backup goalkeeper. In 1908, Schalbart was selected as a reserve for the French B squad that was going to compete in the football tournament of the 1908 Olympic Games, but he ended up not traveling to London. In the official report of the Olympic Games, he appears as "L. Schalbart", a midfielder of Stade Français.
In 1911, Schalbart helped USA Clichy reach the final of the Coupe Dewar at Stade Colombes on 21 May, starting as a defender alongside a certain Vicentini, and in front of goalkeeper Pierre Chayriguès, and together, they managed to keep a clean-sheet for 90 minutes in an eventual loss in extra-time (0–1) to Club athlétique de Paris 14. According to the USA Clichy website, both "Schalbar" and Chayriguès were future internationals who began their careers with them; along with Georges Stuttler, Georges Moreel, Ernest Vaast, André Grillon.
A few years later, in 1913 and 1914, Schalbart was once again selected as a reserve for the French national team in four matches, remaining an unused substitute in all of them, thus never becoming an international. However, he managed to claim four unofficial caps for France (UIAFA), including two against England AFA, first in Paris on 23 March 1911 (1–3), and then in London on 1 January 1912 (1–7). He was a member of the French squad that participated in the 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament at Roubaix, an unofficial European Championship organized by UIAFA, in which France was knocked out in the semifinals by Bohemia (1–4). At the time of this tournament, he was a player of USA Clichy. He played his fourth and last match for UIAFA's France on 20 February, in a friendly against Catalonia, helping his side to a 7–0 victory.
On 1 November 1913, Schalbart started as a forward for the Northern France team in a friendly match against English Wanderers, which ended in a 1–4 loss. Schalbart later became a hotelier in Lorraine, playing football at over 40 years old, thus retiring in the early 1930s.




Later life


In the spring of 1935, the Stade Universitaire Lorrain (SUL) was still only playing in the Promotion d'Honneur, much to the despair of its supporters. Schalbart, then a café owner in Lunéville, and Georges Bouillet, then campaigned to create a professional section within the SUL, and after many difficulties, their application was finally accepted on 20 May 1935. Nancy was, therefore, able to field a professional team for the 1935–36 season, with the name "Football Club de Nancy".
Schalbart became the team's coach while Bouillet was elected as the club's president, and under their supervision, the club then made its debut in Division 2, where it finished 17th out of 19, scoring 33 goals and conceding 122. The first point was only obtained in the evening of the 11th day, at home against Montpellier (2–2), and during a trip to Caen on 17 November 1935, the 46-year-old Schalbart even volunteered to play goalkeeper, conceding nine goals, so he was then replaced as coach by Austrian Karl Heinlein. He played a further two matches for Nancy as a defender, against Amiens SC on 16 February 1936 and against Montpellier on 26 April, losing both games (1–6 and 0–2, respectively).




Honours


USA Clichy
Dewar Cup:
Runner-up (1): 1911




References

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• Auguste Schalbart
• 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament
• Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads
• 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament squads
• Alphonse Nicol