Rođen 14. oktobra 1873. u seocetu Theuley-les-Lavoncourt na istoku Francuske, Rimet je bio sin trgovca mješovitom robom skromnih sredstava.
Born in the small village of Theuley-les-Lavoncourt in eastern France on October 14th 1873, Rimet was the son of a grocer of modest means.