Hendrik van Heuckelum
Personal information
Full name Hendrik van Heuckelum
Date of birth (1879-05-06)6 May 1879
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Date of death 28 April 1929(1929-04-28) (aged 49)
Place of death The Hague, Netherlands
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
HBS-Craeyenhout
1900 Royal Léopold Club
International career
1900 Belgium Olympic 1 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Belgium
Bronze medal – third place 1900 Paris Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hendrik van Heuckelum (6 May 1879, The Hague – 28 April 1929, The Hague), nicknamed Henk, was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward for HBS-Craeyenhout and Royal Léopold Club, and who represented Belgium at the 1900 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal in the football tournament.[1]

Biography

In his club career he played for both HBS-Craeyenhout in the Netherlands, and Royal Léopold Club in Belgium, finishing runner-up of the 1901-1902 Belgian championship with the letter after losing a tie-breaker to Racing Club de Bruxelles 3-4.[2]

In 1900 he was a member of the Belgian team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament. In those times it was common to play for another country. He played one match as a forward in which he scored one goal in a 2–6 loss to France, represented by Club Français.[3]

Also in 1900, in addition to having the honor to participate in an Olympic Football event, van Heuckelum also had the honor to participate in the first-ever European club tournament, the 1900 Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz, as a Léopold player.[4] However, the glory soon become an humiliation, as they were knocked out in the first round by the then Dutch champions HVV with a resounding 8-1 loss, being van Heuckelum who scored Léopold's consolation goal.[4]

Honours

Club

Royal Léopold Club

International

Belgium

References

  1. ↑ "Hendrik van Heuckelum". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Belgium - Final Tables 1895-2008". RSSSF. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Games of the II. Olympiad". RSSSF. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 "1900 Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz". RSSSF. 10 February 2022. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.


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