Félix Welkenhuysen Explained

Félix Welkenhuysen
Birth Date:1908 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Saint-Gilles (Belgium)
Position:Defender
Years1:1926–1943
Clubs1:R. Union Saint-Gilloise
Nationalyears1:1934
Nationalteam1:Belgium
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0

Félix Welkenhuysen was a Belgian footballer, born 12 December 1908 in Saint-Gilles (Belgium), died 20 April 1980.

Biography

He was a defender for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 1930s. He was part of the Union 60, the name given to the team unbeaten in Division 1 for 60 matches between 9 January 1933 (Union-Lierse SK, 2–2) and 10 February 1935 (Daring Bruxelles-Union 2–0). He was also Champion of Belgium three times, consecutively.[1]

For the most of this legendary era, he was a Belgian international. He played four games for the Diables Rouges in 1934[2] including one game in the preliminary round of the Italy World Cup against Germany (lost, 5–2).[3]

Honours

References

  1. http://www.rusg.be/FR/Histoire/union60.php The legendary team at rusg.be
  2. http://www.footbel.be/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_speler.html Player caps at the site of the URBSFA
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073503/http://fr.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=59887/index.html Player page at fifa.com