Edouard Wynn was an English football pioneer who, together with his father Henri, co-founded Standard AC in 1892,[1] with whom they won the first two national French Championships in 1894 and 1895.
[2] Together with the Woods (Jack and Sid) and the Tunmers (Neville and Alfred), the Wynns was one of the most important families in the amateur beginnings of French football, which included the father Henri, a goalkeeper, and his three sons Edouard and Aubry, who formed the pair of backs, and Aubert, a forward.
[1] This group of football pioneers wanted the young British people living in Paris to have the opportunity to continue the sports that they had been playing across the English Channel.
[13] In the following year, on 15 March, Edouard and Aubry started on defense in the final of the 1903 Coupe Dewar against Club Français, helping their side to a 4–3 win after extra-time; this victory was considered "the most interesting match of this season which is drawing to a close".
[14] In 1904, the Wynns played a crucial role in helping United win their first-ever USFSA Paris Championship, which they claimed on the last matchday with a 5–1 victory over RC France, the two-time defending champion.
[18] For instance, during a Paris championship match against RC France on 15 February 1903, Edouard, who "specialises in stopping opposing forwards very hard", missed a charge on Racing's winger, fell, and was "knocked over" by their half-back Guéroult, so he wants to come to blows with him, but his father and captain, Henri, who was not playing in the match, entered the field to punch Guéroult, thus sparking a general brawl which was only stopped by the intervention of the spectators; the local press specified that Henri's behavior was met with the disapproval by his teammates.