Lo La Chapelle
Personal information
Full name Eloi Hubert La Chapelle
Date of birth (1888-06-22)22 June 1888
Place of birth Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies
Date of death 23 July 1966(1966-07-23) (aged 78)
Place of death Utrecht, Netherlands[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
HVV Den Haag
International career
1907 Netherlands 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London Team competition

Eloi Hubert "Lo" La Chapelle (22 June 1888 – 23 July 1966) was a Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper for amateur side HVV Den Haag. He also earned one cap for the Dutch national side in 1907,[2] and participated at the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal.[3]

Biography

On 21 December 1907, the tall goalkeeper of the then reigning champions HVV from Den Haag earned his first cap for the Dutch national side in a friendly match against England amateurs at Darlington, as a last-minute substitution for first-choice goalkeeper Reinier Beeuwkes. La Chapelle conceded a resounding 12 goals on his international debut in a 2–12 defeat,[4] which still is the heaviest loss in the history of the Netherlands national team, making La Chapelle the goalkeeper who has conceded the most goals in a single Dutch international and also the one with the biggest average of goals conceded per game since he never earned any other cap.[5] The following year, he was part of the Dutch squad that contested the football tournament of the 1908 Olympics in London where the team won the bronze medal.[3] However, he was not awarded a bronze medal due to have not played.[3][5]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.myheritage.nl/person-1000879_127626931_127626931/eloi-hubert-la-chapelle
  2. ↑ "Lo la Chapelle, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lo La Chapelle". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "England Amateurs vs Netherlands, 21 December 1907". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Het dozijn van Lo La Chapelle" [The dozen of Lo La Chapelle]. www.onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 21 December 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2023.


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