Joseph Roffo

Joseph Roffo
Joseph Roffo at the 1900 Olympic Games
Personal information
Full name Louis Joseph Roffo
Date of birth (1879-01-21)21 January 1879
Place of birth 10th arrondissement of Paris, France
Date of death 5 February 1933(1933-02-05) (aged 54)
Place of death 16th arrondissement of Paris, France
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1896–1899 Racing Club de France
Medal record
Men's tug of war
Representing  France
Football at the Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 1900 Paris Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Louis Joseph Roffo (21 January 1879 – 5 February 1933) was a French sportsman who played football and rugby union for Racing Club de France in the late 1890s.[1] He also participated in the tug of war event of the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, winning a silver medal as a member of the French team.[2]

  1. ^ "Racing Club de France contre Cercle Pédestre d'Asnières" [RC France against CA Asnières]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Tous les sports. 5 April 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Joseph Roffo". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

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