André Chauvel
French footballer (1909–1973)
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André Julien Guy Louis Chauvel (29 July 1909 – 24 January 1973) was a French footballer who played as a forward for RC Roubaix and Rennes in the 1930s.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | André Julien Guy Louis Chauvel | ||
| Date of birth | 29 July 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Lamballe, France | ||
| Date of death | 24 January 1973 (aged 63) | ||
| Place of death | Blain, Loire-Atlantique, France | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1932–1933 | RC Roubaix | ||
| 1933–1936 | Rennes | ||
| 1936–1937 | Le Havre | ||
| 1939 | AC Chapelain | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in the Brittany town of Lamballe on 29 July 1909, Chauvel began his football career at RC Roubaix in 1932, aged 23.[1] Together with William Hewitt, Edmond Leveugle, and Georges Verriest, he was a member of the Roubaix team that reached the 1933 Coupe de France final, which ended in a 3–1 loss to Excelsior.[1][2] The following day, the journalists of the French newspaper Le Miroir des sports stated that he was "the most prominent man" of Roubaix's forward line, having "put in a considerable and unfortunately in vain effort".[3]
That same year, Chauvel returned to Brittany, where he joined Rennes, with whom he reached the 1935 Coupe de France final in Colombes, which ended in a 3–0 loss to Olympique de Marseille.[1][4] Rennes scored from a free-kick, but Chauvel was offside, which caused the referee Lucien Leclercq to disallowed it.[5] He stayed at Rennes for three years, from 1933 until 1936, when he moved to Ligue 2 team Le Havre, where he retired in 1937, aged 28.[1] In total, he scored 29 goals in 78 Ligue 1 matches.[1]
In 1939, Chauvel briefly played for AC Chapelain, a team based in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre.[6]
Death
Chauvel died in Blain, Loire-Atlantique on 24 January 1973, at the age of 63.[1]