Alfred Bloch

Alfred Bloch (22 February 1878 – 20 June 1902), also known as Jean Bloch and sometimes written Block, was a Belgian-born French footballer who played as a defender and who competed in the football tournament at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, winning a silver medal as a member of the USFSA Olympic team representing France, which was primarily made up of Club Français players.

[1] Together with Lucien Huteau, Marcel Lambert, Gaston Peltier, Georges Garnier, and captain Eugène Fraysse, Bloch was a starter in the Club Français team that won the 1896 USFSA Football Championship, doing so without losing a single match.

[4] On 25 April 1897, Bloch started in the final of the inaugural Coupe Manier against the newly crowded champions of France Standard AC, helping his side to a 4–3 win after extra-time.

[5] A few months later, on 26 December, he started as a midfielder in the very first football match in the history of the Parc des Princes in front of 500 spectators, in which Club Français was defeated 1–3 by the English Ramblers.

[7] In the following year, on 16 April 1899, Bloch started in the play-off match against Standard AC to decide the 1898–99 USFSA Paris championship, which ended in a 3–2 win.

Bloch (2nd row, second from left) featured in the Club Français team that won the 1896 championship of France.
Bloch (standing, fourth from right) with Club Français at the Parc des Princes on 26 December 1897.
Bloch (standing, third from the left) with the French team at the 1900 Olympics.