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Harry Mommers

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Harry Mommers
Personal information
Full name Henricus Josephus Mommers
Date of birth (1892-03-11)11 March 1892
Place of birth Tilburg, Netherlands[1]
Date of death 28 February 1963(1963-02-28) (aged 70)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1925 Willem II
International career
1920 Netherlands 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henricus "Harry" Josephus Mommers (11 March 1892 28 February 1963) was a Dutch footballer.[2]

Career

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Mommers played with Willem II from the age of 15.[3] In the 1915-16 he was part of the team winning for the first time in hisotory of the club the National Championships.[4] After being a player, he became mental coach for the club.[5] By being able to quickly change the mental resilience of the team he was nicknamed "kleine Karel Lotsy [nl]" (translated: little Karel Lotsy)[5]

He played in one match for the Netherlands national team in 1920.[6] During this match he got injured and had to be substituted by Rat Verlegh.[4]

Between 1910 and 1952 he served on various KNVB committees.[3][5] Mommers was among others a member of the Technical Committee of the KNVB for the Dutch national team.[4] He also contributed to a new board formation of Willem II.[3]

he became an honorary member of Willem II.[4] He became a knight of the KNVB in 1956.[7]

References

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  1. "Burgerlijke stand Tilburg" (in Dutch). Tilburgsche Courant. 13 March 1892. Retrieved 13 October 2025 via Delpher.
  2. "Harry Mommers". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Harry Mommers 65 jaar" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad van het Zuiden. 20 March 1957. Retrieved 13 October 2025 via Delpher.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Harry Mommers overleden" (in Dutch). Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant. 1 March 1963. Retrieved 13 October 2025 via Delpher.
  5. 1 2 3 "Goede Keuze | Harry Mommers, de "kleine Karel Lotsy"" (in Dutch). Nieuw Utrechtsch Dagblad. 4 September 1950. Retrieved 13 October 2025 via Delpher.
  6. "Harry Mommers". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  7. "Harry Mommers "bondsridder"" (in Dutch). Het Huisgezin. 20 August 1956. Retrieved 13 October 2025 via Delpher.
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