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Constant Feith
Dutch footballer
Jonkheer Constant Wilhelm Feith (August 3, 1884, in The Hague – September 15, 1958, in Bennekom) was a Dutch amateur football player who competed with great success in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Constant Wilhelm Feith | ||
| Date of birth | (1884-08-03)3 August 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | The Hague, Netherlands | ||
| Date of death | 15 September 1958(1958-09-15) (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Bennekom, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) |
Striker Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1902–1903 | LCFC Ajax | ||
| 1903–1920 | HVV | 350 | (235) |
| International career | |||
| 1906–1912 | Netherlands | 8 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's football | ||
Representing  Netherlands | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1912 Stockholm | Team competition |
He played the majority of his career for HVV, then the top side in The Hague, amassing a stunning 235 goals in 350 matches.[2]
Feith made his debut for the Netherlands in an April 1906 match against Belgium and earned a total of 8 caps, scoring 2 goals. He was part of the incredible Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics. His final international was in July 1912 at the Olympics against Finland.[3]
He also made it to the Netherlands national cricket team.
Feith was a judge by profession and worked in the Dutch East Indies, where he was detained by the Japanese during World War II.[4]
- "Constant Feith". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- Daniël Voskamp bereikt opnieuw een magische grens in HVV 1 - Koninklijke HVV (in Dutch)
- Intl career stats - EU Football
- Constant Feith at National-Football-Teams.com
- KNVB profile - OnsOranje
- profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-02-10)