Jacques Delannoy

Playing career Club career Born on 5 August 1912 in Douai, Nord, Delannoy began his football career at Olympique Lillois in 1931, aged 19, where he remained for five seasons, until 1936. In his first full season at the club, he played in the inaugural edition of the Coupe Sochaux, helping his side reach the final, held at Parc des Princes on 17 May 1931, where he missed several "excellent opportunities" in an eventual 6–1 loss to Sochaux.

Delannoy played on the right wing, standing out as "a good dribbler with fiery runs", which was not enough to earn him huge popularity with the public, which considered him "impressionable". Together with Robert Défossé, Georges Beaucourt, and Georges Winckelmans, he was a member of the OL team that won the inaugural edition of the French professional championship in 1932–33. In total, he scored 26 goals in 103 official Ligue 1 matches for OL and Red Star.

Death Delannoy died on 20 September 1958, at the age of 46.

Honours Olympique Lillois Ligue 1: Champions (1): 1932–33 Runner-up (1): 1935–36 Coupe de France: Runner-up (1): 1938–39 Coupe Sochaux: Runner-up (1): 1931