Maxime Robert Lehmann (17 December 1906 – 24 April 2009) was a
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-born
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football
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er who played in the late 1920s, the 1930s and the early 1940s as
defensive midfielder.
Biography
Born in
Basel,
Lehmann played his youth football with
FC Concordia Basel and advanced to their first team in 1922, remaining with them until 1926, when he switched across town to
FC Basel.
During his
first season, 1926–27, with Basel Lehmann played four friendly matches. In the end of season friendly match on 5 June 1927 he scored two goals as Basel won 3–1 against local team
Black Stars Basel.
Lehmann played his domestic league debut for the club during the next season. This was an away match on 4 September 1927 as Basel lost 2–3 against
FC Bern
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In 1921, the club won the Och Cup (that was considered as the former Swiss Cup
The ...
.
[ ] During his two seasons at the club Lehmann played a total of 24 games for Basel, scoring those two aforementioned goals. Fifteen of these games were in the
Swiss Serie A, one was in the
Swiss Cup
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, and eight were friendly games.
[ ]
Following his time in Basel, Lehmann moved to Paris, where he spent one season with
Stade Français
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before joining
FC Sochaux in 1929, where he would remain until 1938. With them, he was twice French Division 1 Champion (
1935
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,
1938
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) and won the
1937 Coupe de France.
He also played in two international matches with the
France national football team: a 2-0 loss against
Spain and a 3-0 victory against
Belgium.
As the
Second World War broke out, Lehmann returned to Switzerland and joined
FC Biel-Bienne
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Honours
Swiss championship
*Champions: 1946–47
*Runners-up: 1947–48, 1959–60
Swiss Cup
*Runners ...
. He spent the remainder of his active football career with them and played 51 league matches in five years, before retiring in 1944.
References
Sources
* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG.
* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
1906 births
2009 deaths
French centenarians
Men centenarians
French men's footballers
France men's international footballers
Swiss men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Swiss emigrants to France
Footballers from Basel
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