André Abegglen

André "Trello" Abegglen (7 March 1909 – 8 November 1944) was a Swiss football forward. He played for Grasshopper Club Zürich, the French club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and the Swiss 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.

André Abegglen

Abeggle wearing the Swiss team uniform
Personal information
Full name	André Abegglen
Date of birth	7 March 1909
Place of birth	Neuchatel, Switzerland
Date of death	8 November 1944(1944-11-08) (aged 35)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–1927	Grasshoppers Zürich	10	(4)
1927–1928	Etoile Carouge	13	(6)
1928–1929	Cantonal Neuchâtel	14	(8)
1930–1934	Grasshoppers Zürich	82	(83)
1934–1937	Sochaux	61	(51)
1937–1942	Servette FC	103	(63)
1942–1944	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	37	(25)
Total		320	(240)
National team
1927–1943	Switzerland	52	(29)
Teams managed
1936	Sochaux
1937–1942	Servette FC
1942–1944	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In France, with Sochaux, he was the league champion in 1935 and 1938, and was the top goalscorer of the 1935 tournament, with 30 goals in 28 appearances.[2]

Abbeglen played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, scoring one goal, and in the 1938 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a hat-trick in the first round replay match against Germany, won by Switzerland 4–2. In total, he scored 29 goals in 52 matches for the Swiss team.

He died in 1944, at the age of just 35.