Willy Westra van Holthe
Willem Rudolf "Willy" Westra van Holthe (born March 9, 1888 in Assen ; † May 18, 1965 , ibid) was a Dutch football player . He played four international matches for the Dutch national football team in 1913 and 1914 .
Career
Westra van Holthe played as right winger for the Asser Club Achilles '94 . On the occasion of a stay in Germany he also played for a while at VfL Cologne 1899 . During the mobilization in World War I , he was also active as a reserve officer for the Apeldoorner Club Robur et Velocitas .
He made his national team debut on March 24, 1913. In this game there was the first win in the seventh match against the English amateur team on the grounds of HBS Craeyenhout in the Hague district of Houtrust with a 2-1 win . Westra van Holthe was also in the following three internationals of the NVB -Elf on the field; on his last mission, against Belgium in Antwerp , he scored his only goal in Oranje on March 15, 1914 in the 4-2 victory of the Dutch with the goal to make it 2-1 .
In addition to football, Westra van Holthe was also successful as a tennis and hockey player and track and field athlete . In 1919 he fell ill with the Spanish flu , which ended his athletic career. The Westra van Holthes family had been in the timber trade in Drenthe for several generations . Willy Westra van Holthe followed this tradition and worked in a leading position at a wood industry company in Assen .
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| SURNAME | Westra van Holthe, Willy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Westra van Holthe, Willem Rudolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aces |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1965 |
| Place of death | Aces |