Jean Petit (footballer, born 1914)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 February 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Liège, Belgium | ||
| Date of death | 25 May 1944 (aged 30) | ||
| Place of death | Liege, Belgium | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930–1939 | Standard de Liège | ||
| International career | |||
| 1938 | Belgium | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jean Petit (25 February 1914 – 25 May 1944) was a Belgian footballer. He was born in Liège, Belgium. He played as a defender for Standard de Liège.[1] He played four times for Belgium in 1938.[2]
Personal life and death[edit]
Petit retired from professional football early and became a medical doctor. He was killed during the Second World War in an Allied air raid in the Liege suburb of Kinkempois after attending a patient injured in an earlier raid.[3]
Honours[edit]
- Belgian international in 1938 (4 caps)
- Picked for the 1938 World Cup (did not play)
- Vice-Champion of Belgium in 1936 with Standard de Liège
References[edit]
- ^ "Player page at standard.be". Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ Player caps at the site of the URBSFA Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ La Légia 30 May 1944 pages 2 and 3) (French language) Retrieved 18 August 2022.
External links[edit]
- Jean Petit at WorldFootball.net
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- Belgium men's international footballers
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- Deaths by airstrike during World War II
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