Albert Polge

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Albert Polge
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Polge around 1930-1931
Personal information
Date of birth(1909-11-29)29 November 1909
Place of birth Hòn Gai, French Indochina
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1929–1934 SC Nîmes
1934–1936 AS Saint-Étienne 58 (21)
1936–1938 Nîmes Olympique
1938–1939 US Métro
1939–1940 Racing Club de France Football
1940–1941 Nîmes Olympique
International career
1933–1934 France 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Polge (born 29 November 1909) was a former footballer who played as a striker. Born in French Indochina, he was a France international.

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Early life

Polge was born to a French father and Annamese mother. At the age of 10, his mother passed away, which lead him to move to France, in Gard with his paternal grandparents. He joined the School of Arts and Crafts in Aix-en-Provence. He graduated as an engineer. [1]

Career

Polge spent most of his football career playing for Nîmes based teams: SC Nîmes and Nîmes Olympique. Between 1934 and 1936, Polge played for French French First Division side AS Saint-Étienne.

Polge appeared three times with France national team between 1933 and 1934.

Style of play

Polge mainly operated as a left-winger and was described as a "very small and very thin player". [2]

Personal life

Polge and his wife Marcelle, née Battut (1907-1944) were accused of collabaration following the Liberation of Nîmes in 1944. While Polge avoided a death penalty, his wife was found guilty, which resulted in her execution in public. He remarried in 1950 in Avignon and divorced in 1963. Later records about Polge were lost. He died around the 1970s in Vaucluse. [3]

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References

  1. "Les mystères d'Albert Polge". chroniquesbleues.fr.
  2. "Où es-tu passé Albert Polge?". sofoot.com.
  3. "Albert et Marcelle Polge".