Saint-Etienne cries one of his own. Former emblematic defender of the Greens and major actor of the first great successes of the club, Richard Tylinski died this Saturday, August 16 at the age of 87.
A player at AS Saint-Etienne from 1953 to 1966, Richard Toulinski took part in the first two titles of champion of France won in 1957 and 1964 by the Stéphanois club. Success that allowed him to know three selections in the France team.
Son of a minor and descended into the mines from the age of 16, Toulinski is one of those who played the first European Greens match. It was against the Glasgow Rangers at Ibrox Park (1-3 defeat) on September 4, 1957.
ASSE pays tribute to him
The native of Noyant-d'Allier also won the first of the six French cups of the club in 1962, against Nancy (1-0) alongside, in particular, the legend Robert Herbin. In total, he wore the colors of Geoffroy-Guichard residents 312 times.
“To his family, his relatives, his friends, AS Saint-Étienne, who reminds his memory his brother Michel, who died in 2003 in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, presents his sincere and saddened condolences “, So wrote the ASSE in a press release, also paying tribute to his brother as Michel Tylinski, who wore the green jersey between 1953 and 1959 and disappeared in 2003.
