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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wolter Broese van Groenou | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1881 | ||
| Place of birth | Yogyakarta, Dutch East Indies | ||
| Date of death | 17 November 1978 (aged 97) | ||
| Place of death | Den Haag, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1899 | HVV Den Haag | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wolter Broese van Groenou (8 November 1881 – 17 November 1978) was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward for HVV Den Haag.
Early and personal life
[edit]Wolter "Wou" Broese van Groenou was born in Yogyakarta, Dutch East Indies, on 8 November 1881, as the son of Jeanetta Emilia Wieseman (1854–1931) and Wolter Broese van Groenou,[1][2] a soldier in the Royal Dutch East Indies Army until 1878, after which he became the director of his father-in-law's sugar factory.[3] His older sister Mien van Wulfften Palthe went on to became a feminist and pacifist, while his older brother Dolf Broese van Groenou participated in the architecture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[4] In 1891, the Broese van Groenou-Wieseman family moved back to the Netherlands, specifically Den Haag, from where Broese van Groenou continued to manage the sugar factory.[3][5]
On 4 November 1909, the 28-year-old Broese van Groenou married Karolina Juliana van Gessel at Surakarta.[1] Professionally, he worked as an administrator in his father's sugar factory Tandjong Tirto.[1]
Club career
[edit]In the 1898–99 season, the Broese van Groenou brothers were members of the HVV Den Haag team that reached the final of the 1898–99 KNVB Cup, which ended in a 1–0 loss to RAP after extra-time.[6]
Death
[edit]Broese van Groenou died in Den Haag in 1978, at the age of 96.[1]
Honours
[edit]HVV Den Haag
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Wolter "Wou" Broese van Groenou (1881-1978)". www.genealogieonline.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Familie Broese van Groenou" [Family Broese van Groenou]. haagsgemeentearchief.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Collection: Wieseman and Broese van Groenou families archive (KITLV)". collectionguides.universiteitleiden.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Dolf Broese van Groenou". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Landgoed Groenouwe" [Groenouwe Estate]. www.peacreations.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "1899: R.A.P. wint den holdertbeker" [1899: R.A.P. wins the holding cup]. www.totoknvbbeker.nl (in Dutch). 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
Category:1881 births
Category:1978 deaths
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:HVV Den Haag players
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
Category:People from Yogyakarta