Import him as his 1980 version then go into the editor and give him the stats you want, be it 1979 or whatever you think is fair.
For mine, in this instance I'd use 1979 for CUR and 1984 for POT. Not perfect, but totally realistic given the desires you have outlined and fairly straightforward. Not sure what more the game can do to make it easier to work around singular circumstances like this over which it has no control. Certainly I see no need for any kind of wholesale change as you imply might need consideration.
Keep this in mind. While I've never had it confirmed (nor, really, do I want it to be), I 100% believe that historical players are "imprinted" at import so that, no matter what edits you make to them, they will gravitate back toward that proto version they were created as. So, Andre might need a yearly grease and oil change to keep him in line with where you want him to be.
You don't mention how his D ratings have imported - they might need an edit as well, as I presume would his injury proneness ratings.
Hope that helps.
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