News about Just Fontaine

JEFF POWELL: On this St David's Day of another genius of the 1958 World Cup Finals, the sad death of French football legend Just Fontaine, 89, brings the recalled joy. Fontaine's 13 goals in Sweden remain a record for the highest total amount ever collected in a single World Cup tournament. However, even so, the incredible goal rush was not enough to win the Jules Rimet Trophy, despite France losing their semi-finals to Brazil.

On Wednesday, it was a sad day for French football when the legendary Just Fontaine (left, right, and inset) was announced. Fontaine, who was born in Morocco to a French father and a Spanish mother but who later represented France, has scored the most goals in a single World Cup (seen with the golden boot, left), after scoring 13 times in just six matches in Sweden's 1958 edition. His exploits at that tournament were part of a long, but short international career in which he scored 30 goals in just 21 caps. After netting a hat-trick against Luxembourg on debut against Luxembourg in 1953, Fontaine was always intended for fame for Les Bleus.

Just Fontaine, the French football legend, died at the age of 89. Fontaine, a Moroccan boy who later represented France, is the best-known for scoring the most goals in a World Cup after scoring 13 in six matches in Sweden's 1958 tournament. Since making his name with USM Casablanca, he went on to have brisk spells with Nice and Reims in France, while Les Bleus scored 30 times in 21 games.