Jonkheer Constant Wilhelm Feith (August 3, 1884, in
The Hague – September 15, 1958, in
Bennekom
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) was a Dutch amateur
football
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player who competed with great success in the
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...
.
Club career
He played the majority of his career for
HVV, then the top side in
The Hague, amassing a stunning 235 goals in 350 matches.
International career
Feith made his debut for the
Netherlands in an April 1906 match against
Belgium and earned a total of 8 caps, scoring 2 goals. He was part of the incredible Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament at the
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...
. His final international was in July 1912 at the Olympics against
Finland.
He also made it to the
Netherlands national cricket team.
Personal life
Feith was a judge by profession and worked in the
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
, where he was detained by the Japanese during
World War II.
Bio
- Voetbal Legends
References
External links
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KNVB profile
- OnsOranje
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1884 births
1958 deaths
Footballers from The Hague
Men's association football forwards
Dutch men's footballers
Netherlands men's international footballers
Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic footballers for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
World War II civilian prisoners held by Japan
Dutch nobility
20th-century Dutch judges