Hilaire Spanoghe

Hilaire Spanoghe
Personal information
Full name	Hilaire Frederik Spanoghe
Date of birth	30 October 1879
Place of birth	Grimbergen, Belgium
Date of death	Unknown
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1899–1902	Brussels Skill FC
1902–1903	Athletic and Running Club
International career
1900	Belgium Olympic
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Belgium
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hilaire Frederik Spanoghe (born 30 October 1879, date of death unknown) was a Belgian footballer who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games.^[1] In Paris he won a bronze medal as a member of a mixed team representing Belgium that was mostly made-up of students from the Université de Bruxelles.^[2]

Biography

Born in Grimbergen to Maria Victoria Van Bogaert (1837) and Amandus Spanoghe (1836), he is the only boy among the couple's five children and the youngest of his siblings.^[3] In 1899 he joined Brussels Skill FC, and he stayed loyal to the club until it merged with Daring Club de Bruxelles in 1902, joining Athletic and Running Club de Bruxelles shortly after.^[4]

He represented the Belgium Olympic at the 1900 Summer Olympics, featuring in the team's only games at the tournament against Club Français, in which he scored a consolation goal in a 2-6 loss.^[5]

^ "Hilaire Spanoghe". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ "Paris 1900 Football Men Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ "Amandus Spanoghe: Family tree". gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ "Hilaire Spanoghe". www.mondefootball.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ "Games of the II. Olympiad". RSSSF. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

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