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French Team to Honour Louis Braille

It’s been 200 years since the birth of Frenchman Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille system of raised dots that allows blind people to read. Next month the French national team will celebrate the bicentennial of his birth in style.

For the friendly against Nigeria in St Etienne on June 2nd, all the player names on French shirts will be printed in Braille. Not sure what the ref will do if he has to book a French player (I’m assuming he’ll cheat and look at the numbers) but this is a classy gesture from the French Football Federation. The shirts will later be auctioned, with the money going to the French federation for the blind.

A simple Braille alphabet is below, and I’ll leave you to work out whose shirt Domenech is holding up as an example:



More detailed Braille alphabet here.

[Tip of the hat to Jeremy who sent us this story]

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By philip | May 28th, 2009 at 8:22 am
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Pretty cool. I bet a blind person can coach better than Domenech

By MattyDub | May 28th, 2009 at 8:24 am
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Henry…
Will he start

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By Jadczak | May 28th, 2009 at 9:17 am
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Someone blind, deaf and dumb could better manage the French team than Raymond Domenech. He should stop going to gypsy fortune tellers and never come close to a football again.

By Mike | May 28th, 2009 at 9:35 am
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the referees honor the blind every day!

(sorry it was too easy)

By Theo | May 28th, 2009 at 9:39 am
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Philip abd Jadczak a dead person could coach better than domenechh

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By Jon | May 28th, 2009 at 9:46 am
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Anne Frank could coach better than domenech

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By Mike | May 28th, 2009 at 9:59 am
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what does Anne Frank have to do with the blind???

By Jon | May 28th, 2009 at 10:24 am
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I meant Helen Keller sorry

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By alex w | May 28th, 2009 at 10:28 am
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hahaha

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By Johonna | May 28th, 2009 at 10:59 am
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So does that mean we get to rub the players’ chests? I mean, I want to be able to read the braille and all.

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By wob | May 28th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
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why don’t they appoint a blind ref…

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By Lissette Blue | May 28th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
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Lol Johonna. I hope the ref is blessed by the Pope if his blind.

By lefutur | May 28th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
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the FFF should be even more classy and get a real coach for france.

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