General Herman Carel Felix Clotide (Felix)
von Heyden
Male
Netherlands
1890-04-11
Weerselo, Netherlands
1982-11-17
Boxtel, Netherlands


About

Felix von Heyden, as he was known, achieved more fame as a soccer player than as a tennis player. He was part of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal in the soccer event at the 1920 Summer Olympics Games in Antwerp, Belgium. After his soccer career, Felix von Heyden was Mayor of Rosmalen from 1923 to 1955 (his father, Antonius von Heyden, had been Mayor of Weerselo from 1885 to 1895). The street known as Burgemeester Jonkheer von Heijdenlaan in Rosmalen is named after Felix von Heyden whose surname is also sometimes spelt von Heijden.



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Archive statistics 1911 - 1936
1
16
7


Tournament wins 1928 - Breda (Amateur)


Tournaments Knokke Le-Zoute - 1936 Aachen International - 1936 Noordwijk - 1931 Breda - 1928 Netherlands National Championship - 1925 Netherlands National Championship - 1920 Nijmegen - 1920 Netherlands National Championship - 1919 Netherlands International Championships - 1916 Netherlands National Championship - 1911

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