Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Albert Van Coile

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Full name
  
Albert Van Coile

Name
  
Albert Coile

Place of birth
  
Bruges, Belgium

Role
  
Footballer

Place of death
  
Bruges, Belgium

Position
  
Playing position
  
defender


Albert Van Coile httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumbf

Date of birth
  
(1900-03-27)27 March 1900

Date of death
  
4 April 1927(1927-04-04) (aged 27)

Died
  
April 4, 1927, Bruges, Belgium

Albert Van Coile (27 March 1900 – 4 April 1927) was a Belgian footballer. He never played for any other team than Cercle Brugge. He also appeared once in the Belgian shirt.

Van Coile is especially remembered by the Cercle Brugge fans because he is the only player who died because of injuries sustained in a Cercle Brugge match. During a tournament in Tourcoing, Van Coile was playing as centre forward by occasion. In the match against US Tourcoing, he collided with the local goalkeeper. Van Coile suffered no visible injuries, but when his situation deteriorated the day after the match, doctors discovered a tear in his bowels. A speedy operation had no result. Van Coile died 4 April.

His funeral received great attention in the media as well as in Bruges itself, with all the flags half-staff. Van Coile's team, Cercle Brugge, were namely on the verge of becoming national champions in 1927. Ironically, during the funeral, Cercle's chairman René de Peellaert caught pneumonia, of which he died 14 days later.

References

Albert Van Coile Wikipedia


Similar Topics