Maurice Pefferkorn (Moreuil, 23 July 1884 – Paris, 8 August 1953) was a French sports journalist and writer. He specialized in association football.[1]

He was an engineer by training, graduated from the Industrial Institute of the North (current Lille Central School), class of 1907.[2] He was notably a sports columnist for the right-wing nationalist newspaper Candide. He wrote several books on football, the Olympic Games, and athletic sport. He is the winner of the Grand Prize for Sports Literature.[3]


References

  1. ↑ Relevé généalogique sur Filae
  2. ↑ "Notice nécrologique – PEFFERKORN Maurice (1907)". Bulletin de l'Association des Ingénieurs de l'Institut Industriel du Nord de la France (in French). Lille (59). September–October 1907.
  3. ↑ Maurice Pefferkorn (1921). Le football-association : théorie et pratique du jeu de football. Paris. E. Flammarion. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
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