Jan Herman "Caius" Welcker (9 July 1885 – 13 February 1939) was a Dutch
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who competed in the
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...
. He was born in
Alkmaar
Alkmaar () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland, about 30 km north of Amsterdam. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination. The ...
and died in
Schiedam
Schiedam () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen, and south of Delft. In the south the city is connected with the village ...
.
Welcker, who formed the famous right wing of his club side Quick and the national team with
Edu Snethlage, won 15 caps, scoring five times.
He was a member of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.
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1885 births
1939 deaths
Dutch footballers
Netherlands men's international footballers
Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for the Netherlands
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Alkmaar
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Men's association football forwards
Footballers from North Holland
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