Jean Lauer

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Jean Lauer (born August 21, 1916 in Großmoyeuvre , † November 27, 1995 ) was a French football player .

Career

Lauer grew up in the part of Lorraine that had been dominated by German at times, but was incorporated into the French state two years after his birth. He began playing football in his youth in the Lorraine capital of Metz , from where he moved to a club in Hautmont in the far north of the country. In 1935 , the 175 centimeter tall striker was awarded a professional contract with the first division club SC Fives , also located there . In the top French division, the 19-year-old at the time of his debut became a regular player and finished sixth in the top scorer list with 18 goals at the end of the 1935/36 season. This first year was also his most successful in terms of goal rate and was followed by seasons in which he mostly stayed under ten goals. After two years in Fives, he returned to his home region in 1937 and signed with first division rivals FC Metz . At Metz he was not fixed, but continued to be used regularly. On April 3, 1938, he scored the decisive goal for the 1-0 victory in the cup semi-final against his ex-club from Fives and thus brought his team to the national cup final in 1938 . In the final, he was on the pitch, but his team lost 2-1 to Olympique Marseille .

When the Second World War began in 1939 , Lauer had to interrupt his career and fight for the French army. He became a prisoner of war and after his release fled to Forez in the south of France in order to avoid being called into the German army because of his origins in the formerly German part of the country. Due to his whereabouts, he joined the AS Saint-Étienne in 1943 and took part with this in the unofficial competition for the championship. Even after the end of the German occupation in 1944 and the resumption of regular game operations one year later, he remained loyal to the club and became French runner-up in 1946. In the following seasons he continued to play for Saint-Étienne, where he was mostly a regular player, although he could not take his place in the storm completely unchallenged. In 1949 he left the club after six years and moved to the second division US Le Mans . At Le Mans he was a member of the first team and fought against relegation, although he did not get beyond a goal in the 1950/51 season. In 1951, the then 34-year-old ended his active career after 179 first division games with 69 goals, 53 second division games with eight goals and other unofficial first division games. He later lived again in Saint-Étienne where he worked as an official both for his ex-club AS Saint-Étienne and for an amateur club called Olympique Saint-Étienne. A street in Saint-Étienne was named after the footballer who died in 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean Lauer - Fiche de stats du joueur de football , pari-et-gagne.com
  2. ↑ LAUER Jean , anciensverts.com
  3. ↑ Football: Jean Lauer , footballdatabase.eu
  4. ↑ 1938: les coussins de la colère , forum-fcmetz.com
personal data
SURNAME Lauer, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Moyeuvre-Grande , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1995