Frank Wels

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Frank Wels (born February 21, 1909 in Ede , † February 16, 1982 ) was a Dutch football player . The striker played for Gorinchem's GVV Unitas from the late 1920s to the 1940s . From 1931 to 1938 he was used 36 times in the national team.

life and career

Wels made his debut in 1926 as a right winger at the second-class GVV Unitas, with whom he won the championship in the tweede class in 1928 as a 19-year-old with a 3-2 win in Rotterdam against the Feijenoorder club Overmaas . Although his club remained second class, Wels was a permanent part of the Dutch national team from 1931 onwards. In May in Belgium he was part of the squad; at the next game on June 14, 1931 in Copenhagen he came as well as Mauk Weber against Denmark to his debut in Orange . The small but quick flanker - at 1.63 meters he was the second smallest player in the history of the Dutch national team - brought this ability especially to play with Beb Bakhuys . In the game against Belgium on March 11, 1934, the "red devils" were leading after just one minute; the pressure to equalize was rewarded in the 15th minute when Bakhuys headed a Wels cross while falling. Header goals of this type were subsequently referred to in the Netherlands as kopbal a la Bakhuys ("Kopfball à la Bakhuys"). The Dutch won the game 9-3 thanks to another goal from Bakhuys, two goals from debutant Kick Smit and a five-pack from Leen Vente in his second international match.

At the 1934 World Cup in Italy , he was in the team that was eliminated in the round of 16 against Switzerland . He had to wait until 1935 for his first goal in the national dress. Again it was a game against Denmark, this time at home ; Wels contributed the third goal to the 3-0 victory. Wels also took part in the 1938 World Cup in France ; the 0: 3 against Czechoslovakia in the round of 16 was his 36th and last game in the Elftal - the last 30 of these international matches were in a row, in total he missed only two matches during his playing time for the KNVB selection. He was able to score five goals during this time. In his club career he spent a short time with Feijenoord , but since he did not like traveling to Rotterdam, he returned after a year to Unitas - the club for which he laced his football boots for a total of 25 years and with which he has been with over the years In 1944 and 1946 he was again master of the second class.

After his active time, Frank Wels ran a cafeteria named after him in Gorinchemer Arkelstraat.

Honors

In the summer of 2008 a train on the Dordrecht - Geldermalsen route was named after Frank Wels .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kampioenschappen en Promoties ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of GVV Unitas, viewed December 14, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gvvunitas.nl
  2. ↑ Jurryt van der Vooren, En toen was er sport , Inmerc 2005, ISBN 9066115343 , online version viewed on December 14, 2008
  3. ↑ cf. De Oranje-kabouters ( Memento of the original of March 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with photos, sportgeschiedenis.nl from June 25, 2006, viewed on December 14, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sportgeschiedenis.nl
  4. ↑ Zweef en win een prijs , sportgeschiedenis.nl of December 27, 2005, viewed on December 14, 2008
  5. ↑ Wat schijft Wikipedia over Gorinchem s over Frank Wels? ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , SP Gorinchem website of June 25, 2008, viewed December 14, 2008  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gorinchem.sp.nl
  6. ↑ "Frank Wels" ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , SP Gorinchem website of August 27, 2008, viewed December 14, 2008  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gorinchem.sp.nl
personal data
SURNAME Wels, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Ede (Netherlands)
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1982