Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eloi Hubert La Chapelle | ||
Date of birth | 22 June 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies | ||
Date of death | 23 July 1966 | (aged 78)||
Place of death | Utrecht, Netherlands [1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
HVV Den Haag | |||
International career | |||
1907 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Medal record | ||
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Men's football | ||
Representing Netherlands | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1908 London | Team competition |
Eloi Hubert "Lo" La Chapelle (22 June 1888 – 23 July 1966) was a Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper for amateur side HVV Den Haag. He also earned one cap for the Dutch national side in 1907, [2] and participated at the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. [3]
On 21 December 1907, the tall goalkeeper of the then reigning champions HVV from Den Haag earned his first cap for the Dutch national side in a friendly match against England amateurs at Darlington, as a last-minute substitution for first-choice goalkeeper Reinier Beeuwkes. La Chapelle conceded a resounding 12 goals on his international debut in a 2–12 defeat, [4] which still is the heaviest loss in the history of the Netherlands national team, making La Chapelle the goalkeeper who has conceded the most goals in a single Dutch international and also the one with the biggest average of goals conceded per game since he never earned any other cap. [5] The following year, he was part of the Dutch squad that contested the football tournament of the 1908 Olympics in London where the team won the bronze medal. [3] However, he was not awarded a bronze medal due to have not played. [3] [5]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Eloi Hubert La Chapelle | ||
Date of birth | 22 June 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies | ||
Date of death | 23 July 1966 | (aged 78)||
Place of death | Utrecht, Netherlands [1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
HVV Den Haag | |||
International career | |||
1907 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Medal record | ||
---|---|---|
Men's football | ||
Representing Netherlands | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1908 London | Team competition |
Eloi Hubert "Lo" La Chapelle (22 June 1888 – 23 July 1966) was a Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper for amateur side HVV Den Haag. He also earned one cap for the Dutch national side in 1907, [2] and participated at the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. [3]
On 21 December 1907, the tall goalkeeper of the then reigning champions HVV from Den Haag earned his first cap for the Dutch national side in a friendly match against England amateurs at Darlington, as a last-minute substitution for first-choice goalkeeper Reinier Beeuwkes. La Chapelle conceded a resounding 12 goals on his international debut in a 2–12 defeat, [4] which still is the heaviest loss in the history of the Netherlands national team, making La Chapelle the goalkeeper who has conceded the most goals in a single Dutch international and also the one with the biggest average of goals conceded per game since he never earned any other cap. [5] The following year, he was part of the Dutch squad that contested the football tournament of the 1908 Olympics in London where the team won the bronze medal. [3] However, he was not awarded a bronze medal due to have not played. [3] [5]