Constant Feith | |
Fullname: | Constant Wilhelm Feith |
Birth Date: | 3 August 1884 |
Birth Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
Death Place: | Bennekom, Netherlands |
Position: | Striker Defender |
Years1: | 1902–1903 |
Years2: | 1903–1920 |
Clubs2: | HVV |
Caps2: | 350 |
Goals2: | 235 |
Nationalyears1: | 1906–1912 |
Nationalteam1: | Netherlands |
Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
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]
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]