André Vandewyer

Personal information
Full name André Joseph Philibert Vandewyer
Date of birth (1909-06-21)21 June 1909
Place of birth Tirlemont, Belgium
Date of death 22 October 1992(1992-10-22) (aged 83)
Playing position Goalkeeper, coach
Youth career
1924–1926 RRC Tirlemont
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1931 RRC Tirlemont 117 (0)
1931–1943 R. Union Saint-Gilloise 196[1] (0)
1943–1945 RFC Hannutois
1945–1946 RSC Wasmes
National team
1933–1934 Belgium 5 (0)
Teams managed
1947–1959 R. Union Saint-Gilloise
1955–1957 Belgium
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

André Vandewyer was a Belgian footballer and coach born 21 June 1909 in Tirlemont (Belgium), died 22 October 1992 in Tirlemont.[2]

Biography

Vandewyer begins to football in his own town by RRC Tirlemont in 1924 and make his debut in 1926 in second division.After five years he move to Union SG. He was goalkeeper for the legendary Union Saint-Gilloise team: the famous Union 60 were unbeaten in Division 1 for 60 matches, with three consecutive titles in this period, between 9 January 1933 (Union-Lierse SK, 2–2) and 10 February 1935 (Daring Bruxelles-Union 2–0).[3]

He also played for Belgium, five times between 1933 and 1934, including one game at the Italy World Cup.[4]

After the war, he became coach of Union Saint-Gilloise. He was also manager of the Belgian team after Doug Livingstone, from January 1955 until June 1957.[5]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)
  2. ↑ "Fiches Joueurs R – Z : Union Saint-Gilloise 1897". unionhisto.skynetblogs.be.
  3. ↑ The legendary team at rusg.be Archived 11 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Player caps at the site of the URBSFA Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Matches as manager at the site of the URBSFA Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.


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