About André Abegglen
André Abegglen (7 March 1909 – 8 November 1944) was a Swiss football player and manager. As a striker he played for Grasshoppers, French club Sochaux and the Switzerland national team, for whom he appeared in two World Cups. He is the brother of Max Abegglen and Jean Abegglen, both players of the Swiss national team. He died in 1944, at the age of just 35, from sepsis contracted from a wound sustained in a train accident. In France, with Sochaux, he was the league champion in 1934–35 and 1937–38, and was the top goal-scorer of the former, with 30 goals in 28 appearances. With 12 goals in the Central European International Cup, he is the third highest scorer in the competition's history, only behind Ferenc Puskas (15) and György Sárosi (17), both from Hungary. In total, he scored 29 goals in 52 matches for the Swiss team.
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