Jacques Mairesse
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Jacques Mairesse (27 February 1905 in Paris – 13 June 1940) was a French association footballer. He played for FC Sète, Red Star, and RC Strasbourg, and earned 6 caps for the France national football team, and played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup finals.[1] Mobilized in 1940, he was taken prisoner. He tried to escape from his captors but he fell riddled with bullets, in Véron on 15 June 1940. His posthumous son was Jacques Mairesse, the economist.
References
- ↑ Jacques Mairesse – FIFA competition record
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- 1905 births
- 1940 deaths
- Sportspeople from Paris
- French footballers
- France international footballers
- FC Sète players
- Red Star Saint-Ouen players
- RC Strasbourg players
- 1934 FIFA World Cup players
- Olympic footballers of France
- Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- French military personnel of World War II
- French military personnel killed in World War II
- French prisoners of war in World War II
- World War II prisoners of war held by Germany
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