Images of the first Fifa President and a few facts about him (watch)
Robert Guérin (28 June 1876 – 19 March 1952) was a French journalist who served as the first President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association and was one of its founders (FIFA). Guérin, a journalist for the newspaper Le Matin, was heavily interested in football as secretary of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques' Football Department.
History of the World Cup
It is the International Federation of Football Association which created the Football World Cup. Founded in 1904 by a French journalist (Robert Guérin) and 7 other member countries, FIFA first attempted to organize an international competition at a congress in Switzerland. But this attempt failed by the refusal of the British. The first competition: On May 18, 1929 FIFA designates its first organizing country: Uruguay. For this first international competition, which took place from July 13 to 30, 1930, there