Jacques_Mairesse_(footballer)

Jacques Mairesse (footballer)

Jacques Mairesse (footballer)

French footballer

Jacques Désiré Mairesse (27 February 1905 – 15 June 1940) was a French footballer who played as a defender. At club level, he represented FC Sète, Red Star, AS Villeurbanne, and RC Strasbourg.[2] He earned six caps for the France national team and played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup finals.[3] He was also part of France's squad for the 1928 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[4]

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Mobilized in 1940, he was during the Battle of France taken prisoner by German forces in battle at Veron, then was shot and killed while trying to escape on 13 June 1940.[1]

His posthumous son, born on 16 August 1940 (just two months after the elder Mairesse's execution) and also named Jacques Mairesse, became a noted economist.

References

  1. [1]
    "Jacques Désiré MAIRESSE". Mémoire des hommes.
  2. [2]
    Jacques Mairesse at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. [3]
    Jacques Mairesse – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. [4]
    "Jacques Mairesse". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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