Antoon Verlegh
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Antonius Wilhelmus Verlegh | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Ginneken, Netherlands | ||
| Date of death | 12 March 1960 (aged 63) | ||
| Place of death | Prinsenbeek, Netherlands | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1906–1908 | GVV | ||
| 1908–1912 | NOAD | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1912–1931 | NAC Breda | 295 | (125) |
| National team | |||
| 1920–1927 | Netherlands | 8 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Antonius Wilhelmus Verlegh (29 March 1896 – 12 March 1960), known as Antoon Verlegh and Rat Verlegh was a Dutch football player and administrator who is best known for his association with NAC Breda, whose Rat Verlegh Stadion is named in his honour. Antoon Verlegh was a player, trainer, editor, secretary, member of the board, vice chairman and chairman of honour at NAC Breda. He also had several important positions at the KNVB and he was considered to be one of the football icons in The Netherlands until the 1950s.
During his entire football career, Antoon Verlegh played for NAC Breda. He was involved in this football club from the day it was founded until his death in 1960.
Rat Verlegh was born in het Ginneken, now a part of Breda. At the age of 10 Verlegh founded the Ginnekensche Voetbal Vereniging (GVV). At this time Antoon Verlegh was nicknamed ‘De Rat’ (English: The Rat) because of his quick play and moves. In 1908 Verlegh joined NOAD. In 1912 NOAD and ADVENDO merged to form NAC Breda, for whom Verlegh, at the age of 17, immediately began playing in the first team.
As an attacking midfielder, Verlegh was for 19 years one of the important players in NAC’s first squad. Throughout The Netherlands he was considered to be a technical gifted player and an opinion maker in Dutch football. He was also known for his progressive views in football. Antoon Verlegh won the Eerste Klasse Zuid’s championship (English: Southern Premier League) six times and won the Dutch national title with NAC in 1921. On April 26, 1925 Antoon Verlegh sustained a serious injury, that would leave him out for almost seven months. After recovery, he was able to play on until his retirement on October 11, 1931 in the match MVV - NAC (1-3). In the 19 years Verlegh played for NAC, he played 295 matches, scoring 125 times.
In 1920 Verlegh received an invitation for the Dutch national side for the away match against Switzerland in Basel. Although Verlegh didn’t start in this match, he made his debut for the Dutch national side. He replaced Willem II player Harry Mommers in the 20th minute. On November 25, 1920, Verlegh played his second international match against Switzerland in Amsterdam's Oude Stadion and scored two goals. In his third match against Germany Verlegh scored an own goal in the 85th minute. The Netherlands lost this match with 2-3. Verlegh played a total of 8 matches for the Dutch national squad, in which he scored 2 times. Although Verlegh would play a 9th match against Denmark, the Dutch national manager deemed him not fit to play. Verlegh was replaced by his NAC colleague Cor Kools. After this replacement, Verlegh never played a match for the Dutch national squad.
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