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{{Short description|French footballer and journalist (1889–1968)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Gabriel Hanot
| image          = Gabriel Hanot 1910.JPEG
| caption        = Hanot in 1910
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1889|11|6|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Arras]], France
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1968|8|10|1889|11|6|df=y}}
| death_place    = [[Wangenbourg-Engenthal]], France
| height         =
| position       = [[Fullback (association football)#Full back|Full back]]
| youthyears1    =
| youthyears2    =
| years1         = 1907?–1910? |clubs1 = [[US Tourcoing FC]] |caps1 = 28 |goals1 = 6
| years2         = 1910?–1912? |clubs2 = [[BFC Preussen]]    |caps2 = 62 |goals2 = 7
| years3         = 1912?–1915? |clubs3 = Tourcoing           |caps3 = 49 |goals3 = 6
| years4         = 1916?–1919? |clubs4 = [[AS Francilienne]] |caps4 = 49 |goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1908–1919 |nationalteam1 = [[France national football team|France]] | nationalcaps1 = 12 |nationalgoals1 = 3
| manageryears1 = 1945–1949 | managerclubs1 = [[France national football team|France]] (coach under a committee)
}}

'''Gabriel Hanot''' ({{IPA|fr|ɡabʁijɛl ano}}; 6 November 1889 – 10 August 1968) was a French [[association football|footballer]] and journalist (the editor of ''[[L'Équipe]]''). The [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]—which became the UEFA Champions League—was the brainchild of Hanot, as was the [[Ballon d'Or]], an award that honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Straeten |first1=Karine van der |last2=Laslier |first2=Jean-François |last3=Daoust |first3=Jean-François |last4=Blais |first4=André |last5=Arrondel |first5=Luc |last6=Anderson |first6=Christopher J. |date=2019 |title=Messi, Ronaldo, and the Politics of Celebrity Elections: Voting for the Best Soccer Player in the World |journal=Perspectives on Politics |volume=18 |pages=91–110 |doi=10.1017/S1537592719002391 |issn=1537-5927 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

== Biography ==
He made 12 appearances for the [[France national football team]], with his debut coming on 8 March 1908 against Switzerland. He was also part of France's squad for the [[Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics|football tournament]] at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]], but he did not play in any matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/701800 |title=Gabriel Hanot |work=Olympedia |access-date=24 May 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524172605/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/701800 |url-status=live}}</ref> He made another 10 appearances for them up to [[World War I]]. After the war he played one more time for France, as captain against Belgium on 9 March 1919.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fff.fr/individus/selections/visu_fiche.php?in_no=479&id_cat=1 |title=HANOT Gabriel |work=Equipe de France A: Tous les jouers |publisher=FFF |language=fr|access-date=10 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729215200/http://www.fff.fr/individus/selections/visu_fiche.php?id_cat=1&in_no=479|archive-date=29 July 2012}}</ref>

Following an aviation accident he gave up football and became a journalist.<ref name=dep>{{cite web |last=Boudreault |first=Patrick |title=Saga Ligue des Champions (1/4). Gabriel Hanot,visionnaire de génie |url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2007/08/06/9562-Saga-Ligue-des-Champions-1-4-Gabriel-Hanot-visionnaire-de-genie.html |publisher=La Depeche |language=fr|access-date=11 November 2011 |date=6 August 2007|archive-date=14 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814052335/http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2007/08/06/9562-saga-ligue-des-champions-1-4-gabriel-hanot-visionnaire-de-genie.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He is credited with introducing [[Ligue 1|the professional championship]] in France, in 1932.<ref name=dep />

Hanot and his colleague at ''[[L'Équipe]]'' [[Jacques Ferran]] were the prime movers behind getting the [[European Cup]] established.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/ |title=Football's premier club competition |date=14 June 2010 |publisher=[[UEFA]] |access-date=7 August 2010 |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806210813/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Jacques Ferran]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{France football squad 1908 Summer Olympics}}
{{France national football team managers}}
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[[Category:1889 births]]
[[Category:1968 deaths]]
[[Category:French men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Arras]]
[[Category:France men's international footballers]]
[[Category:BFC Preussen players]]
[[Category:US Tourquennoise players]]
[[Category:France national football team managers]]
[[Category:Founders of association football institutions]]
[[Category:French sports journalists]]
[[Category:French male non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:Men's association football fullbacks]]
[[Category:French football managers]]
[[Category:20th-century French male writers]]
[[Category:French military personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:20th-century French sportsmen]]