Career
He was of French descent. Duperron was a football player who played at the first ever football match in Russia. lieutenant was arranged on 24 October 1897 in Saint St. Petersburg.
In 1901 he was one of the organizers of the first Russian football league, the Street St. Petersburg Football League.
After the establishment of Russian Olympic Committee in 1911 Duperron was elected as its first secretary. Duperron was also the first manager of the Russian Empire national football team as the team participated the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.
Duperron published more than 30 books about football, athletics, gymnastics and winter sports. He wrote articles for the sport magazines Samokat, Le Cycliste and Sport.