Anton "Charley" van de Weerd (January 18, 1922,

Wageningen Wageningen () is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences. The municipality had a population of in , of which many t ...

– February 3, 2008, Wageningen) was a Dutch football player.

Career

Van de Weerd played from 1940 to 1961 for

FC Wageningen FC Wageningen (before 1978 ''Wageningen'' and ''WVV Wageningen'') was a Dutch football club which was founded on 27 August 1911., The club played its matches in the Wageningse Berg stadium. Its first success came on 18 June 1939, when the team w ...

, interrupted only by a season at

De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...

. He won the

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

with Wageningen in 1948. He played in more than 600 league games. He was once called up for the

Netherlands national football team The Netherlands national football team ( nl, Nederlands voetbalelftal or simply ''Het Nederlands elftal'') has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches since 1905. The men's national team is controlled by the Royal Du ...

, but never made his debut. His nickname, Charley, was a tribute to his favorite actor,

Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...

. After his football career Van de Weerd owned a sports shop in

. Van de Weerd died at the age of 86 years on February 3, 2008.Charley van de Weerd overleden

References

1922 births 2008 deaths Dutch men's footballers People from Wageningen De Graafschap players FC Wageningen players Men's association football players not categorized by position Footballers from Gelderland {{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub