Jacques Mairesse (footballer)

Jacques Mairesse

Mairesse (sixth from the left) with the France national team in 1934
Personal information
Full name	Jacques Désiré Mairesse
Date of birth	(1905-02-27)27 February 1905
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of death	15 June 1940(1940-06-15) (aged 35)
Place of death	Véron, France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–1927	FC Cette
1927–1932	FC Sète
1932–1935	Red Star
1935–1936	AS Villeurbanne
1936–1939	Strasbourg
International career
1927–1934	France	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. He earned six caps for the France national team and played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup finals. He was also part of France's squad for the 1928 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.

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.

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.