Along with Raoul Diagne, Larbi Ben Barek (on the photo) was one of the first players from the colonies to wear the France team jersey in the 1930s. -
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After the postponement of the Champions League match PSG-Basaksehir Istanbul due to suspicion of racist remarks by a referee,
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back on the first selection for the French team of a footballer of color, Raoul Diagne, in February 1931 , the year of the colonial exhibition in Paris.
Episode 7: When the French team took color with Raoul Diagne
As astonishing as it may sound, this peculiarity was a non-event at the time.
Very few journalists mentioned the origins of Raoul Diagne, preferring to comment on his athletic abilities.
Roaul Diagne put on the national tunic 18 times, imitated shortly after by other players from the colonies including the famous Larbi Ben Barek who quickly became a European star, often compared to the Uruguayan Andrade and the Brazilian Leonidas.
Football and colonies
Our guest, Paul Dietschy, is a sports historian.
We owe him many books on football including
History of Football
and
Football and Africa
.
He looks back on the relationship that France had with its colonies through sport, and in particular football, in the middle of the 20th century.
If you want to know more about this first time, it's as easy as clicking in the audio player above.
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