Constant Huysmans (11 October 1928 – 16 May 2016) was a Belgian former international

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender.

Career

Born in

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

, Huysmans played club football for Beerschot VAC. He earned a total of 22 caps for

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between 1953 and 1959, and participated at the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June ...

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* 1928 births 2016 deaths Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's international footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players Footballers from Antwerp Men's association football defenders 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub