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Lionel Louch
English footballer (1888–1967)
Lionel Arthur Louch (4 July 1888 – 1 February 1967) was an English amateur footballer who played as a center-forward for Portsmouth, Brentford and England Amateurs.[1] He was a member of Great Britain's squad for the football tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lionel Arthur Louch | ||
| Date of birth | (1888-07-04)4 July 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Hanwell, London, England | ||
| Date of death | 1 February 1967(1967-02-01) (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Brentford, London, England | ||
| Position(s) | center-forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1906–1907 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 1907 | Shepherd's Bush | ||
| 1907–1908 | Portsmouth | ||
| 1908–1910 | Clapton Orient | 10 | (38) |
| 1910–1913 | Brentford | ||
| 1913–1914 | Southend United | ||
| International career | |||
| 1908–1914 | England Amateurs | 2 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in London, Louch in the Football League for hometown clubs Queens Park Rangers and Shepherd's Bush before moving to the South coast and joining Portsmouth. At the start of the next season, Louch moved out of the Southern League and joined Clapton Orient, making his Football League début against Barnsley in the second division on the Christmas Day of 1908.[1] He spent two seasons at Orient scoring 10 goals in 38 League and Cup games. Louch then played for Brentford and Southend United before the outbreak of the war when he joined the London Regiment but was pensioned out after just less than one year service.[1]
In 1908, Louch made his debut for England Amateurs against Sweden on 8 September 1908, scoring in a 6-1 win. He was then part of the English amateur team that represented Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic football tournament, but he failed to play in any matches as the team won gold.[1] After a 6-year hiatus, he played another game for the team on 7 February 1914 against Wales, netting four goals in a 9–1 victory, and later that month, he scored a hat-trick in a 7–0 win over Belgium.[3][1]
International goals
- England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Louch goal.
| No. | Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 8 September 1908 | Valhalla, Gothenburg, Sweden |  Sweden | 2–0 | 6–1 | Friendly | |
| 2 | 2 | 24 February 1914 | Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Brussels, Belgium |  Belgium | ? | 8–1 | ||
| 3 | ? | |||||||
| 4 | ? |
- "Lionel Louch". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- "IV. Olympiad London 1908 Football Tournament". RSSSF. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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