Florimond Vanhalme

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Belgium football (soccer) midfielder, who still holds the record for the Belgian international for Cercle Brugge, the team where he spent all of his career. After his playing career, Vanhalme stayed in football as a coach. Vanhalme debuted at the highest level on 5 May 1912, in a match against Excelsior Brussel. The match was won 1–4, with Vanhalme scoring once. One season later, Vanhalme was part of the squad that played the cup final against Union SG. After 90 minutes, the score was 2–2, and with no rules about what should be done, officials of the KBVB/URBSFA decided on the spot that extra time had to be played. This would be the first time in Belgian football history that a match would be decided this way. Union SG eventually won the match with 3–2. Vanhalme was twice champion of Belgium with Cercle Brugge, in 1927 and in 1930. He also was called up for Belgium at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics. He did not play in 1924. In 1928, he played the matches against Luxembourg and Argentina. He died on 4 July 1979, aged 84, in Ostend, Belgium. Link to Wikipedia biography