Émile Vercken (9 February 1903 – 27 January 1943) was a Belgian track and field athlete and

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

. He was born in Bakhmut.Suppletifs 580 Naissance Vercken
Liège, 3 November 1903 He was a member of the Belgian field hockey team which finished fourth in the 1928 Olympic tournament. He played one match as forward and scored one goal. At the same Olympics he also participated as track and field athlete and was part of the Belgian relay team which was eliminated in the first round of the 4x100 metre relay event.

External links

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Émile Vercken's profile at Sports Reference.com

References

1903 births 1940 deaths Belgian male sprinters Belgian male field hockey players Olympic athletes for Belgium Olympic field hockey players for Belgium Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-fieldhockey-bio-stub