André Vandewyer

Personal information
Full name	André Joseph Philibert Vandewyer
Date of birth	21 June 1909
Place of birth	Tirlemont, Belgium
Date of death	22 October 1992 (aged 83)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper, coach
Youth career
1924–1926	RRC Tirlemont
Senior career*
National team
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

Belgian international from 1933 to 1934 (5 caps)
1st cap: 26 November 33 Belgium-Denmark 2–2 (friendly)
Participation in the 1934 Italy World Cup (3 matches)
Picked for the 1938 France World Cup
Champion of Belgium in 1933, 1934 and 1935 with R. Union Saint-Gilloise
185 matches in Division 1

References

Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)
"Fiches Joueurs R – Z : Union Saint-Gilloise 1897". unionhisto.skynetblogs.be.
[http://www.rusg.be/FR/Histoire/union60.php The legendary team at rusg.be Archived 11 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Player caps at the site of the URBSFA Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Matches as manager at the site of the URBSFA Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)

[2] "Fiches Joueurs R – Z : Union Saint-Gilloise 1897". unionhisto.skynetblogs.be.

[3] [http://www.rusg.be/FR/Histoire/union60.php 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