AS Saint-Etienne : Robert Herbin, one year later: He was the Sphinx | ASSE Live News

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Robert Herbin was born in Paris in 1939, but it was in Nice where his whole family had gone into exile that he would reveal himself. His musician father had joined the city’s opera orchestra there. The Cavigal club where he made his debut was, in the shadow of the OGCN, above all renowned for its great experience in training young people.
Become one of the greatest hopes of French football, he was very early coveted by several clubs and even had a friendly meeting with OGC Nice.

Adopted Stéphanois

Fortunately, Pierre Garonnaire succeeded in convincing Madame Herbin, his mother, who tipped the scales so that the little one joined the Forez, to the great despair of the Gym. Bad losers, its leaders even took the matter to the

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Robert Herbin, un an après : Il était le Sphinx