Talk:Gédéon Coste
Almost definitely related to Etienne Coste and Guillaume Coste, both of whom have been active with Savigny. I'm guessing it's the son of one of them but haven't been able to verify. - Mischa (talk) 19:59, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
Here's from an obituary of Serge Coste, club President, who died in 2020 at age 87: "En plus d’avoir été le Secrétaire Général de tous les membres du club, il fut le grand père d'Arthur (15U), Martin (18U), Rosalie (Soft), Gédéon (D1), Anatole (ex 18U), d'Antoine DENIS (ex D1), Elise DENIS (ex employé du club), Théo LEFEBVRE (ex 9U), Maëlys LEFEBVRE (ex soft) et père d'Isabelle (ex Soft et membre fondatrice du club), Sophie (ex Soft), Etienne (coach R1/18U), Guillaume (président et membre fondateur) sans oublier bien sûr ses belles filles Murielle PERRIN (Coach Soft), Estelle OLIVIER (ex Soft) et son beau-fils Philippe DENIS par qui toute l’aventure a commencé et qui est aujourd’hui, Président du CD91, président d'honneur du club et membre fondateur."
So Gédéon is Serge's grandson, and Etienne and Guillaume were his sons. Now, we have to find out which brother was Gédéon's father. I haven't figured that out yet. Philippe (talk) 13:56, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
Thanks! I updated the bios to reflect what we know so far. - Mischa (talk) 17:04, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
Found an email for Philippe Denis at - he could probably help - Mischa (talk) 21:24, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
I've sent him an e-mail and copied you on it. Philippe (talk) 13:40, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
- He replied very quickly, stating that Gédéon was Guillaume's son. I've updated the relevant articles. Philippe (talk) 14:23, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
Beau-fils usually means son-in-law. Makes sense in this case that Philippe Denis married one of Serge Coste's daughters. The same obit I quoted mentioned he was a friend of the two brothers and is the one who introduced the Coste family to the sport. I've changed this in a couple of articles. Philippe (talk) 13:54, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for corrections; I was going off google translate (my 4 years of French in high school obviously didn't pay off much!) If he can supply any missing demographic information on himself or the other Coste family members, that would be great! Also, we're missing France's rosters from the 1989 European Championship and 1991 European Championship. As he coached for them, maybe he recalls some details? - Mischa (talk) 14:42, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
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