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Gustave Émile Eugène Pelgrims (14 June 1878 – 4 September 1960[1]) was a Belgian footballer who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games.[1][2] In Paris he won a bronze medal as a member of a mixed team representing Belgium that was mostly made up of students from the Université de Bruxelles.[1][2]
 Pelgrims (second from the right) in 1901 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gustave Émile Eugène Pelgrims | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 June 1878 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Schaerbeek, Belgium | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 September 1960 (aged 82) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Uccle, Belgium | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1895–1896 | Léopold FC | |||||||||||||
| 1896–1903 | Racing Club de Bruxelles | |||||||||||||
| 1903–1904 | Léopold FC | |||||||||||||
| 1904–1909 | Racing Club de Bruxelles | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1900 | Belgium Olympic | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1901 | Belgium XI (unofficial) | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Early and personal life
editGustave Pelgrims was born in Schaerbeek on 14 June 1878, as the son of Gustave Pelgrims (1841–1888) and Clémence Dailly (1855–1925).[1] He was the second of three children.[1]
Pelgrims married Angèle Vanbuylaere on 22 October 1906, but they had no children.[1]
Club career
editPelgrims began his football career at Léopold FC in 1895, at the age of 17, leaving the club at the end of the season to join Racing Club de Bruxelles,[3] with whom he won four consecutive Belgian championships between 1900 and 1903. He then returned to Léopold FC in July 1903 until June 1904, before rejoining the Racing Club of Brussels from 1904 to 1909.[3]
On 25 May 1902, Pelgrims joined Beerschot AC for one match because the club was short on the squad for the final of the 1902 Challenge International du Nord, which took place in Tourcoing, France. He lost the match that he played 2–4 to rivals Antwerp FC.[4][5]
International career
editPelgrims represented the Belgium Olympic at the 1900 Summer Olympics, featuring in the team's only game at the tournament against Club Français, which ended in a 2–6 loss.[6]
In the following year, on 28 April 1901, Pelgrims played in the first-ever match of a Belgium national team at the 1901 Coupe Vanden Abeele, which ended in an 8–0 trashing of a third-rate Dutch side.[7]
Death
editPelgrims died in Uccle on 4 September 1960, at the age of 72.[2]
Honours
editClub
edit- Racing Club de Bruxelles
International
edit- Summer Olympics:
- Bronze medal (1): 1900
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Gustave Emile Eugène PELGRIMS". gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "Gustave Pelgrims". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Gustave Pelgrims". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Tornooi 1902 "Challenge international du Nord"" [Tournament 1902 "Challenge international du Nord"]. www.rafcmuseum.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Challenge International du Nord". RSSSF. 19 June 2009. Archived from the original on 19 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Games of the II. Olympiad". RSSSF. 12 May 2022. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Coupe Vanden Abeele". RSSSF. 9 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
