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Hendrik van Heuckelum

Personal information
Full name	Hendrik van Heuckelum
Date of birth	(1879-05-06)6 May 1879
Place of birth	The Hague, Netherlands
Date of death	28 April 1929(1929-04-28) (aged 49)
Place of death	The Hague, Netherlands
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	HBS-Craeyenhout
1900	Royal Léopold Club
National team
1900	Belgium Olympic	1	(1)
Honours Men's football Representing  Belgium Bronze 1900 Paris Team Competition
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Hendrik van Heuckelum (6 May 1879, The Hague – 28 April 1929, The Hague), nicknamed Henk, was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward for HBS-Craeyenhout and Royal Léopold Club, and who represented Belgium at the 1900 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal in the football tournament.

Biography

In his club career he played for both HBS-Craeyenhout in the Netherlands, and Royal Léopold Club in Belgium, finishing runner-up of the 1901-1902 Belgian championship with the letter after losing a tie-breaker to Racing Club de Bruxelles 3-4.

In 1900 he was a member of the Belgian team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament. In those times it was common to play for another country. He played one match as a forward in which he scored one goal in a 2–6 loss to France, represented by Club Français.

Also in 1900, in addition to having the honor to participate in an Olympic Football event, van Heuckelum also had the honor to participate in the first-ever European club tournament, the 1900 Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz, as a Léopold player. However, the glory soon become an humiliation, as they were knocked out in the first round by the then Dutch champions HVV with a resounding 8-1 loss, being van Heuckelum who scored Léopold's consolation goal.

Honours

Club

Royal Léopold Club

• Belgian championship:
  • Runner-up (1): 1901–02

International

Belgium

• Olympic Games Bronze medal: 1900