frbleus1-2, Exercise 3: Rimet and a British administrator

Model answer (check the details), using Jules Rimet and Sir Stanley Rous (secretary of the English FA from 1934 and FIFA president from 1961 to 1974, check):

Rimet: president of FIFA from 1921 to 1954. Achievements: held the organisation together after the First World War, backed the creation of the World Cup in 1930 and presided over its early editions. Dependence on others: Henri Delaunay and other administrators shared the idea and the work, the host nation Uruguay paid for much of the first tournament, and the member associations had to agree.

Rous: a former referee and a long-serving official of the English FA. Achievements: edited the Laws of the Game into a clearer form, travelled widely to bring football to new countries, and led FIFA in a period when it grew rapidly (check). Dependence on others: the FA's committees, the national associations that elected him, and the rules of other bodies. His later reputation is mixed, because of the arguments over South Africa and the Third World (check).

Comparison: both were administrators rather than players, both worked through committees, and both are remembered mainly by one name even though the work was shared. Rimet is remembered for a creation (the World Cup), Rous for tidying and spreading the game.

Care: biographical details of both men should be checked against a reliable biography or FIFA's history.