Jacques "Jacky" Simon (25 March 1941 – 5 December 2017) was a French

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He was part of France national team at the

FIFA World Cup 1966 The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in the ...

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* * 1941 births 2017 deaths Sportspeople from Manche French footballers Footballers from Normandy Association football midfielders France international footballers 1966 FIFA World Cup players Ligue 1 players AS Cherbourg Football players FC Nantes players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Red Star F.C. players {{france-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub