Georges Meuris
French association football player and association football manager
About Georges Meuris
Lived 1907 – 1984 (aged 77). Georges Meuris was a French and Belgian association football player and association football coach.
Playing career Born in Forest, Belgium, Meuris began his football career at La Forestoise in 1924, aged 17, where he remained for three seasons, until 1927. Together with Robert Défossé, Georges Beaucourt, and Georges Winckelmans, he was a member of the OM team that won the inaugural edition of the French professional championship in 1932–33.
Meuris then worked as a player-coach for Angers for five years, from 1942 to 1947, and a further two years as a player-coach at CS Jean-Bouin Angers, from 1947 to 1949.
Managerial career Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Meuris coach several Belgian teams, such as Gent (1951–58), Beringen (1958–1960), Herentals (1960–63), Cercle Brugge (1963–66), and Waterschei SV Thor (1967–69).
Death Georges Meuris died in Bruges on 8 September 1984, at the age of 77.
Honours Olympique Lillois Ligue 1: 1932–33
Red Star Coupe de France: 1941–42
Angers French Amateur Football Championship: 1942–43
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Who was Georges Meuris?
French association football player and association football manager (1907-1984)
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Georges Meuris was born on 14 March 1907 in Forest.
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Georges Meuris died on 8 September 1984 in Bruges.
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Georges Meuris was an association football player and association football coach.
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Georges Meuris was French and Belgian.
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