His name probably does not say anything about the majority of football fans, but Richard Tylinski is a legend of AS Saint-Etienne. This central defender was the (young) Taulier of the Greens during the first coronation of champion of France. It was certainly in 1957, but it largely launched the great history of the Forézien club, which participated in the Latin Cup (which brought together the champions of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal) and started in the Cup of Champions Clubs. The Stéphanois lost 3-1 against the Rangers in front of the 85,000 people from Ibrox Park!
Richard Tylinski, who died on Saturday at the age of 87, was recruited from the age of 16 in Puy-de-DĂ´me, in the company of his big brother (less promising at the time). The two brothers won the French amateur championship and were promoted as a first team, as promised by the chief coach, Jean Snella. Little Richard quickly became the rock.
Champion of France, he is thus summoned to the French team by Albert Batteux, the coach of the Grand Stade de Reims who will then take the Blues in 3rd place in the 1958 World Cup. Tylinski is the very first player trained at ASSE to evolve in tricolor selection, according to people-vert.fr. He was aligned in a friendly match from Gala to Wembley in November 1957, but England led by Bobby Robson (last goalscorer) wins 4-0! He is no longer summoned.
Richard Tylinski Double French champion
It is the bad luck for the Frérots coming from a Polish family. The great Michel breaks his leg and puts an end to his career. His younger brother Richard goes up the slope, finds the French team for two other meetings and won the Coupe de France in 1962. But the story does not stop there. It is the return of his mentor by Jean Snella who redid the boss of a beautiful team of Sainté who finds the hexagonal throne in 1964.
Richard Tylinski accompanies Rachid Mekloufi, the Algerian genius who had left France in 1958 to train the FNL team (National Liberation Front), in order to contribute to the independence of his country (before returning in 1962). AS Saint-Etienne is definitely a large French club, despite the relatively modest size of its city. The after generation will give the real first epic of a French club in the European Cup, with a final lost by the Greens against Bayern in 1975.
