President of OL in the 1980s, Jean Perrot died this week at the age of 90.
This is very sad news that we learn from the daily newspaper this Saturday. The Team. President of Olympique Lyonnais between January 1981 and May 1982, Jean Perrot died during the night from Sunday to last Monday in Fréjus, at the age of 90.
We learn, with sadness, of the death of Jean Perrot this week, at the age of 90.
President @OL between January 1981 and May 1982, he tried to structure the medical sector and the training center.
To his family, we extend our condolences. pic.twitter.com/M2FJQbBmgM— Stephane (@OL_HISTOIRE) December 9, 2023
After working jointly with Roger Michaux, he took over from the latter at the head of OL. And in a year and a half of presidency, this former dental surgeon will have allowed the Rhone club to have a medical center, a weight room but above all a training center. He also appointed Gones’ first foreign coach, Vladimir Kovacevic.
Also working in the Professional Football League, where he was a member of the appeals and ethics committee, Jean Perrot, had worked during his mandate on the project of a new stadium to leave Gerland, but he did not He didn’t have time to execute his plan.