Harry Mommers

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

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" (translated: little Karel Lotsy)[5]

He played in one match for the Netherlands national team in 1920.[6] During in 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

  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. ^ a b c "Harry Mommers 65 jaar" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad van het Zuiden. 20 March 1957. Retrieved 13 October 2025 – via Delpher.
  4. ^ a b c d "Harry Mommers overleden" (in Dutch). Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant. 1 March 1963. Retrieved 13 October 2025 – via Delpher.
  5. ^ a b c "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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