Raymond Kopa yellow-metal and enamel 1953 French Division 1 Championship medal, the obverse inscribed GCA, FFF, the reverse inscribed Le Parisien, S
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Raymond Kopa yellow-metal and enamel 1953 French Division 1 Championship medal, the obverse inscribed GCA, FFF, the reverse inscribed Le Parisien, Stade De Reims, Champion De France, 1'ere Division with ring suspension Stade de Reims won the French Division 1 Championship this season with 48 points, FC Sochaux-Montbeliard being runners-up on 44 points Provenance: Mullock Madeley, Football Memorabilia including The Raymond Kopa Collection, 11th April 2001, Lot 601 Raymomd Kopa was integral to the legendary Real Madrid team of the 1950s, playing and winning the European Cup three years in a row, the club winning the first five finals since the competition's inception. Often considered one of the best players of his generation, Kopa was an attacking midfielder agile, quick, and known for his dribbling, play making and prolific scoring. Awarded the Ballon d'Or in 1958, in 1970, he became the first football player to receive the Legion d'honneur and in 2004, Pele named him one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony. Lots 686 to 689 relate to the playing career of Raymond Kopa