Georges de Regibus

Georges de Regibus (Bulgarian: Жорж дьо Режибюс) (14 August 1867 – 7 November 1927) was a Swiss athlete and sports teacher credited with introducing association football to Bulgaria in 1894.

De Regibus' physique made him a suitable sportsman: of middle height, he had a very wide chest and appeared strong and thickset.

In the memories of Economic Life magazine editor and pupil Nikola Konstantinov, the earliest matches were contested between the 6th and 7th grades of the high school.

[12] De Regibus was normally the referee of these school matches, though according to pupil and later professor Petar Petkov he would often join the game doubling as a player.

After that, he spent nearly two decades as a sports teacher in Egypt, though towards the end of World War I (1914–1918) he returned to Switzerland once more and settled in Lausanne.