Maurice Pefferkorn

Maurice Pefferkorn (Moreuil, 23 July 1884 – Paris, 8 August 1953) was a French sports journalist and writer.

[1] He was an engineer by training, graduated from the Industrial Institute of the North (current Lille Central School), class of 1907.

[2] He was notably a sports columnist for the right-wing nationalist newspaper Candide.

He wrote several books on football, the Olympic Games, and athletic sport.

He is the winner of the Grand Prize for Sports Literature.