General Charles
Naeyaert
Male
Belgium
1914-09-17
Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
1944-10-02
Merksem, Belgium


About

He was born on September 14, 1914 in Borgerhout, the son of Adolphus Naeyaert, co-owner of the famous Naeyaert factory in Kattenbergstraat. Charles was a creditable tennis player, winning the Borman Cup for juniors in 1931 and 1932. In 1931 Charles became Belgian champion in the B-series and in 1933 he became Belgian champion for Antwerp Tennis Club. He played in the Davis Cup, Roland Garos and Wimbledon. In 1934 he played a men's doubles with the King of Sweden against Count de Borm and Paul-Henri Spaak. In 1936 he had a ticket for the Olympic Games in Berlin, but was not sent by a combination of circumstances.

Charles Naeyaert was a lieutenant colonel during World War II. He died in October 1944 during an obus attack near a match factory on the Albert Canal in Merksem.
Johan Daisne (forgotten writer of The Train Of Slowness, The Man Who Cut His Hair Short And The Stair Of Stone And Clouds) said of him: "I often also think of Charles Naeyaert, the elegant tennis champion, who played the entire mobilization. has been through my slap when we were billeted in Merksem. He was beheaded by an explosion as a resistance fighter during the liberation. "

A beautiful gravestone on Silsburg was awarded to him, as well as a piece of Borgerhout named after him. The Luitenant Naeyaertplein, located between the Kool- and Sterlingerstraat, was named after him in 1953 and with that the name Varkensmarkt disappeared from the map (but not yet popularly).

"I stare, my tears remain dry,
but you used to look into my eyes
now you see eyes in my heart. "

(part of the In Memoriam by Johan Daisne at the dedication of the memorial stone of Charles Naeyaert)



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Archive statistics 1933 - 1942
6
43
21


Tournament wins 1941 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1939 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1937 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1937 - Oostende (Amateur)
1937 - Aachen International (Amateur)
1933 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)


Tournaments Belgian National Championships - 1942 Belgian National Championships - 1941 Brussel Racing Club - 1941 Monte Carlo - 1939 Beaulieu - 1939 Belgian National Championships - 1939 Mönchengladbach - 1939 International Championships of Egypt - Cairo - 1938 Greece Championship - Club d'Athenes Challenge Cup - 1938 Belgian National Championships - 1938 Eastern Mediterranean Championships - 1938 Aachen International - 1938 Roland Garros - 1937 German International Covered Court Championships - 1937 Westende Tournament - 1937 Oostende - 1937 Belgian National Championships - 1937 Belgium International Covered Championships - 1937 Aachen International - 1937 Saint-Quentin - 1936 Wimbledon - 1935 Roland Garros - 1935 Championships of Merano - 1935 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1935 Belgian National Championships - 1935 Wimbledon - 1934 Roland Garros - 1934 Belgian National Championships - 1933

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