Johannes Chrishostomus "Kick" Smit (3 November 1911 – 1 July 1974) was a Dutch

football player 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 ...

. He earned 29 caps and scored 26 goals 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 ...

, and played in the

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...

and

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France ...

World Cups.1934 FIFA World Cup Italy
He is the first Netherlands football player who scored a goal in a World Cup (27 May 1934 against Switzerland). During his club career, he played for

HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982� ...

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* 1911 births 1974 deaths People from Bloemendaal Dutch footballers Netherlands international footballers HFC Haarlem players 1934 FIFA World Cup players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Dutch football managers HFC Haarlem managers AZ Alkmaar managers Association football forwards Footballers from North Holland {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub