The president of the Stade de Reims for almost 20 years recounts his career, that of a proud business leader as “banal” as “atypical”.
We would almost take that for granted. This season, Stade de Reims received Olympique Lyonnais and the all-powerful Paris SG, for two draws. Authentic performances for one of the most legendary entities in French sport, which sank at the end of the 1970s. A relegation to D2 (1979) which will call for others. But who was not likely to start the passion of a child of the Marne, Jean-Pierre Caillot, who grew up wide-eyed in front of Carlos Bianchi or Delio Onnis. After almost 20 years of presidency in his heart club, in the city where he was born, the man with the honeyed look and graying hair publishes his autobiography, “ It’s not just football » (Hugo Sports). « I found that my story was quite banal, that it did not deserve to be written “, confides Jean-Pierre Caillot to Figaro. But by dint of being asked “ always the same questions about his career and what his role entails, the entrepreneur took up his pen. For “ demystify…
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