Harry Waites | |
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Harry Waites, sometimes also called Jim Waites, was an English football coach active in the Netherlands in the 1920s.
Career[]
Waites, who was a rugby player in his youth, spent World War I in an open Prisoner-of-War camp in the Netherlands, alongside footballer Arnold Birch.[1] After the war ended in 1918, Waites became a coach of Be Quick, winning the league title in 1920. Waites managed the Dutch national side in 1921,[2] and later managed Dutch club side Feyenoord between 1924 and 1925, before returning to England.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (in Dutch) Engelse geïnterneerden en het voetbal in Groningen tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog
- ↑ (in Dutch) VoetbalStats.nl Archived 30 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
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