Jacques Mairesse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacques Mairesse

French footballer

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1905

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1940

Profession: association football player, soldier

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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.
Mobilized in 1940, he was taken prisoner by German forces.
He was shot and killed on 13 June 1940 while trying to escape the Germans.
His son was Jacques Mairesse, the economist.