Jacques Georges
Jacques Georges (May 30, 1916 in Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle

Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle

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, France

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 – 25 February 2004) was the president of the French Football Federation

French Football Federation

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 (FFF) from 1968 since 1972 and the 4th president of UEFA

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 (1983-1990).

In April 1989, he caused controversy by describing a minority of Liverpool F.C.

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 supporters as "beasts", wrongly believing that hooliganism

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 was the cause of the Hillsborough disaster

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 which ultimately resulted in the deaths of 96 of the English

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club's fans. He issued a swift apology for his comments upon discovering that hooliganism did not cause the tragedy.

He died in February 2004 at the age of 87.