1. Guy Crescent was the president of transport company Calberson from 1963 to 1985, and of football club Paris Saint-Germain in 1971, which he helped create a year prior.
17 Facts About Guy Crescent
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Guy Crescent was diagnosed with polio at the age of three months.
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Guy Crescent completed eight years of mecanotherapy and rehabilitation at a very high level to be able to walk for the first time at the age of twelve.
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Guy Crescent eventually obtained the Baccalaureat and a law degree.
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Guy Crescent completed missions in Germany, on behalf of the special services in September 1944 until June 1945, seconded to the Third United States Army.
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Guy Crescent entered the company successively as a truck oiler and a truck driver, before eventually being appointed as the technical and commercial director on 1 July 1950.
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Guy Crescent was appointed as the president on 15 September 1963.
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Guy Crescent retired in 1985, after 43 years of being in the company.
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Guy Crescent contributed to the revival of football in Paris in 1970 by participating in the creation of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club.
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In 1971, while he was the president of PSG, Guy Crescent was at the center of efforts to bring Brazilian footballer Pele to Paris.
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Guy Crescent traveled to Brazil to engage in negotiations with Pele's club Santos, who was in need of money, but the move never materialized.
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Guy Crescent became the president of Paris FC, the newly re-formed club, from 1973 to 1975.
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At the age of four, Guy Crescent benefited from a new method of polio treatment that had been invented by Dr Nicod, a Swiss.
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Guy Crescent was first able to walk at the age of twelve, using heavy orthopedic devices.
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Guy Crescent simultaneously continued with his studies in this period of frenzied rehabilitation.
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From an early age, Guy Crescent showed an attachment to sports, which he deemed for the handicapped an essential element of rehabilitation.
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Guy Crescent would bring his full support to the Association des Paralyses de France, for the development of applications and jobs in companies for people with polio.