- Reinier Beeuwkes
Reinier Bertus Beeuwkes (
February 17 ,1884 –April 1 ,1963 ) was a Dutch footballer.Beeuwkes was born in
The Hague . At the beginning of the 20th century he played asgoalkeeper for the team DFC, and on30 April 1905 played for the Netherlands in its first international game, when it won 4:1 againstBelgium in an away game atAntwerp .Until 1910 he remained goalkeeper for the national team, contributing considerably to its development as one of the strongest European teams of the period. The high point of his career was playing for the Netherlands in the
1908 Summer Olympics , that included football for the first time. AfterHungary andBohemia withdrew their teams, the Netherlands reached the semi-final uncontested, when it lost 4:0 to the later winners,England . However, it received a bronze medal for its 2:0 win against Sweden.In 1910 he terminated his footballing career and emigrated to the
Dutch East Indies , but he died in the city of his birth, The Hague.
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