“Gaston Cypresse, easily recognizable by his Gallic mustache, is not large: 1.66 m. It is not athletic either, rather stocky, and even attendant. But it is an instinctive goalscorer, who knows how to place himself, make calls, shoot and frame. He is neither elegant nor very technical, but he simply has a sense of goal ”. The site Blue chronicleswell informed about the big history of the French team, pays tribute to the first star scorer of the Blues.
On August 18, 1925, therefore 100 years ago, this named Gaston Cypres died at the age of 40, during a visit to his parents in Nevers, “Without knowing the cause”. Born in a castle in Maine-et-Loire, a father valet and a cook mother, Gaston Cypresses goes up in Paris to play football, and more precisely in Levallois then to the National of Saint-Mandé, which will become the athletic circle of Paris (and now Cap-Charenton).
Cypress is then the most recognized scorer in the Paris region. He is part of a first selection which faces English teams, then the French team for his very first official match, on May 1, 1904 against Belgium, in Brussels. The team's center forward equalizes a few minutes from the end to leave the back to back teams (3-3). The newspaper
All sports tell: “On a free kick given by Verlet (who had the most powerful boot of the team), Garnier made a cypress pass with his head, which shoots in the goals on all stolen. »» Cypress closely.
Blues humiliated at the 1908 Olympics
We find this devil of Gaston Cypress in the only goalscorer of the second official match of the Habs (white jersey, blue shorts, red socks), on February 12, 1905, for a victory against Switzerland. The following month, the French team received the Southern League team, a selection of London players (from Arsenal, Tottenham or Fulham). The defeat is heavy (5-1), but the French scorer is called Cypress.
“Gastongol” travels for London and the 1908 Olympic Games, but saw a total humiliation: a defeat of the Blues on the score of 17-1 against Denmark (which will lose the final against Great Britain). After this sixth selection, Cypress turns your back on the French team. He makes the heyday of another club in the capital, the French club, while becoming a banker, in order to bring his wife and daughter to life. His disappearance is a family drama.
