Herman Carel Felix Clotilde von Heijden (11 April 1890 in Weerselo – 17 November 1982 in

Boxtel Boxtel () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The name derives from Buchestelle and is presumably a combination of 'stelle' (Dutch for stable, safe place) and (deer) buck.2019. Etymologiebank.Nl. Accessed April 27 2019 This i ...

) was a

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player from the

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, who represented his home country at the 1920 Summer Olympics. There he won the bronze medal with the

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. He was also present at the 1912 Summer Olympics although he did not play and therefore received no medal. Later he became

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Rosmalen Rosmalen () is a town in the province of North Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. The town is located 6 kilometers east of the city of 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) and has been part of that Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality si ...

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(1923–1955).

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