Wilhelmus "Wim" Maria van Heumen (28 October 1928 – 31 January 1992) was a

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coach from the

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, who was in charge of the Dutch National Men's Team from 1975 to 1986.

Career

Van Heumen graduated in 1954 with a degree in physical education. Beginning in 1956 he taught this subject at the Academy of Physical Education in

Tilburg Tilburg () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant. With a population of 222,601 (1 July 2021), it is the second-largest city or municipality in North Brabant after Eindhoven and the seventh-larg ...

. In 1966 he became a coach with the field hockey club of 's-Hertogenbosch and later a national coach with a first match played on 19 July 1975. He retired from this position in April 1986 after supervising 232 matches with 139 wins and 35 draws. Van Heumen introduced new elements to Dutch hockey such as playing on

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and combining summer training on grass with winter plays indoors.

Politics

A member of the

Catholic People's Party The Catholic People's Party ( nl, Katholieke Volkspartij, KVP) was a Catholic Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1945 as a continuation of the Roman Catholic State Party, which was a continuation of ...

(KVP) and its successor the

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(CDA) Van Heumen was a member of the municipal council of

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

from 1970 till his death in 1992. From 1990 he was also an alderman.

Family

Van Heumen was born to Hendrikus Johannes van Heumen and Petronella Henkelman. On 9 February he married Martina Gijsberdina Theresia Vollebergh (born 1926). They had four sons and one daughter. One son,

Gijs van Heumen Gijs van Heumen (born 23 July 1952) is a retired field hockey coach from the Netherlands. He was in charge of the Dutch National Women's Team from 1980 to 1989, bringing it to one Olympic (1984), two world (1983 and 1986) and two European title ...

(born 1952), became a prominent field hockey coach with the women's team in the 1980s.

References

1928 births 1992 deaths Aldermen in North Brabant People from 's-Hertogenbosch Catholic People's Party politicians 20th-century Dutch politicians Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Dutch field hockey coaches Municipal councillors of 's-Hertogenbosch Sportspeople from Nijmegen {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub