André Strappe

André Louis Strappe (23 February 1928 – 10 February 2006) was a French professional footballer who played as a forward, and later served as a manager.^[3]

André Strappe

Strappe in 1955
Personal information
Full name	André Louis Strappe[1]
Date of birth	(1928-02-23)23 February 1928[2]
Place of birth	Bully-les-Mines,[2] Pas-de-Calais, France
Date of death	10 February 2006(2006-02-10) (aged 77)[1]
Place of death	Le Havre,[1] Seine-Maritime, France
Position(s)	Forward[2]
Youth career
1945–1948	ES Bully
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1958	Lille	310	(110)
1958–1961	Le Havre	93	(26)
1961–1963	Nantes	49	(7)
1963–1965	Bastia
1966–1970	Tavaux-Damparis
1970–1971	Châteauroux	10	(2)
Total		465+	(145+)
International career
1948	France Olympic	2	(0)
1949–1954	France	23	(4)
Managerial career
1964–1965	Bastia
1966–1970	Tavaux-Damparis
1970–1971	Châteauroux
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Strappe was a player for Lille, Le Havre, and Nantes, and then a player-manager for Bastia, Tavaux-Damparis, and Châteauroux. He scored 112 goals in the French Division 1 and won the league tournament in 1953–54 with Lille. He also won the Coupe de France in 1953 and 1955 with Lille, and again with Le Havre in 1959.^{[citation needed]}

International career

He also played 23 matches and scored 4 goals for France.^[4] He participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics^[5] and in the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Lille

• Division 1: 1953–54^{[citation needed]}
• Coupe de France: 1952–53 [fr], 1954–55 [fr]^{[citation needed]}

Le Havre

• Division 2: 1958–59^{[citation needed]}
• Coupe de France: 1958–59^{[citation needed]}
• Challenge des Champions: 1959 [fr]^{[citation needed]}