Jules Rimet and the Birth of the World Cup
The election of Jules Rimet to the post of FIFA President in 1921 provided the impetus the organisation needed to go independent from the IOC. The ambitious Rimet was driven by the idea of setting up a competition run solely by FIFA that would showcase football across the world and bring it together.
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