 Dubly (seated, first from right) in 1910 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jules Dubly | ||
| Date of birth | (1886-08-09)9 August 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Tourcoing, Nord, France | ||
| Date of death | 21 November 1953(1953-11-21) (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Tourcoing, Nord, France | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1909–1914 | US Tourquennoise | ||
| 1914–1918 | Chemnitz | ||
| 1919–1921 | US Tourquennoise | ||
| International career | |||
| 1914 | France | 1 | (0) |
| 1919 | Northern France | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jules Dubly (9 August 1886 – 21 November 1953) was a French footballer who played as a forward for US Tourquennoise and the French national team in the 1910s. Unlike popular belief, he has no family connection with the Dubly family of Roubaix, whose Jean and Raymond were also French internationals around the same time time as him.
Playing career
Jules Dubly was born in Tourcoing, Nord, on 9 August 1886, as the son of a tramway employee. He played his entire football career at his hometown club US Tourquennoise, helping his side win back-to-back USFSA Northern Championships, and these victories, allowed the club to compete in the USFSA National Championship. On 1 May 1910, Dubly started in the final of the 1910 French Championship at the Parc des Princes, helping his side to a 7–2 win over SH de Marseille.
In the following year, on 29 April 1911, Dubly started in the final of the Challenge International du Nord in Tourcoing, helping his side to a 2–1 win over the English club Cambridge Town. In February 1914, the local press described him as "best Tourquennois forward" during a key match against Olympique Lillois, but despite this, he failed to be called up by the French team because of the Lillois' Paul Chandelier, who was much more "scientific". It was only because of Henri Bard's refusal to be selected (who was demanding money), that on 29 March 1914, the 27-year-old Dubly finally earned his first (and only) international cap for France in a friendly match against Italy in Turin, which ended in a 2–0 loss. He was only called up For many years, it was widely believed that Jules was the brother of Jean Dubly, a fellow international who was born in the same year, but in Roubaix, which is rather close to Tourcoing.
Later career
Dubly was mobilized during the outbreak of the First World War, but just a month later, in September 1914, he was taken prisoner in Maubeuge, spending four years in a prison camp in Chemnitz, where he was able to play football to kill time. He was repatriated only on 11 December 1918, one month after the Armistice of 11 November 1918.
Despite his advanced age of 33, Dubly once again put on the UST jersey, and in May 1919, he was even selected for Northern France, a regional football scratch team representing the Northern Committee of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA). In September of the same year, he was hailed as "the best forward" in a match against Racing de Roubaix (2–2), and his form was such that he was even selected as a substitute for the match against Switzerland in February 1920 in Geneva, when he was approaching 34 years old, which was exceptional at the time. In 1921, he was still a substitute for US Tourcoing, during the semifinal of the Coupe de France against Olympique de Paris, which ended in a 2–3 loss.
Later life
Employed in a textile factory, Dubly was nonetheless president of US Tourquennoise, which had a brief professional adventure in the 1930s before returning to amateurism, and also a municipal councilor of Tourcoing.
Dubly died in Tourcoing on 21 November 1953, at the age of 66.
Honours
- USFSA Football Northern Championship:
- Champions (2): 1909 and 1910
- USFSA Football Championship:
- Champions (1): 1910
- Challenge International du Nord:
- Champions (1): 1911
Notes
- Some sources wrongly state that he was born on 30 December 1889.
References
- ^ "Les premiers Bleus: Jean et Jules Dubly, les faux frères du Nord" [The first Blues: Jean and Jules Dubly, the false brothers of the North]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "Jules Dubly, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "Jules Dubly". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "Jules Dubly (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- "Jules Dubly". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- "La finale du Championnat de France de Football Association" [The final of the French Association Football Championship]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 2 May 1910. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- "La Challenge du Nord". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 30 April 1911. Retrieved 1 December 2024.