Jan de Natris

John Daniel " Jan" de Natris ( born November 13, 1895 in Amsterdam, † September 16, 1972 ) was a Dutch football player. With his hometown club AFC Ajax, he became Dutch champion twice; with the national team, he won the bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Belgium.

Career

Association

, Usually called Jan de Natris Jen, was a worker Child from Amsterdam; that the young man made in football career, was his active time nor unusual; most soccer players came from middle-class back then, often university-educated families. In youth de Natris played at Swift and Blauw - Wit Amsterdam. As a 18 -year-old he went in 1914 to AFC Ajax, the club that had been founded by students of higher educational institutions, " as the name already testified had to know the Odyssey, which hardly seemed in labor circles. " Even as a young man he fell as a loud-mouthed complainers on; In his first time at Ajax played the winger in the second team - but failed after any game, to complain to the Board that he was much too good for the second and really belong in the first. De Natris was both and fast - he ran the 100 meters in 11.1 seconds - and mostly played right winger, but was often used on the left side. His claims he could usually be justified by corresponding benefits on the court. While he was running lazy and like to stand the game watching on the field, but then when he came in action, he was able to quickly look over a situation, win the ball and carry him to where he wanted it - it was in the correct position for a tailored edge, be it three, four opponent umdribbelnd to the goal.

After Ajax had risen class in the Eerste in the season 1916/17, the team was able to secure the first Dutch league title in the following season. In the decisive game of the finals in Tilburg Willem II, however, he did not play - he had missed the train and was thereafter remained in Amsterdam. The association growled him to a fine of ten cents, but never paid the eccentric star. Even in the following year became the AFC Ajax Master, but de Natris was again not present in the final round of matches: he was from a six -month ban, because he had beaten on the field.

Nevertheless, he was one of the first "stars" of Dutch football, and in 1921 de Natris was one of the names that were as a player for the BVC Amsterdam in conversation. The Beroeps Voetbal Club, German " professional football club" should be the first "true professional club " in the Netherlands. But professional football was banned by the Dutch football association NVB, clubs threatened under the hand with exclusion, wanted to send a professional team at the start. Since then the paid appearance was smashed on the football field, de Natris left - by profession a traveling salesman on a commission basis - even in 1921 to persuade a change to local rivals De Spartaan. Two years later, he returned to Ajax before he left in 1925 for a few years to Vitesse Arnhem after. Both changes brought him probably a good "under the table " paid a transfer fee; Evidence there has never been.

His work had at AFC Ajax, to which he returned again after his Arnhemer time, a long finish in this anniversary book for the 50th club anniversary in 1950, he was honored as "Best player who was active ever at Ajax ." And more than fifty more years later in January Luitzen wrote about de Natris that " is still said of him today, he was brilliant as Cruijff. "

National

His debut in the national team was Jan de Natris in the fourth match of the Dutch after World War II on April 5, 1920. Against Denmark played de Natris right, his Ajax teammate Joop van Dort half right, Boelie Kessler from HVV stood as a center forward in the tip. Oranje won 2-0 with goals from de Natris and Kessler. Also in the next two test matches for the Olympic Games 1920, he stood in the team: a draw against Italy in Genoa was followed by a 1-2 defeat in Basel against Switzerland, at the de Natris the hit of the Dutch scored.

At the Olympic football competition in Brussels and Antwerp de Natris was first in the attack of the Dutch team to root formation, as a left winger, as for the right side already Oscar van Rappard was set. One of his most important and most beautiful goals scored by de Natris here in the quarter-final against Sweden. After Jaap bulder, who had crowned his debut in the match against Luxembourg in the Orange Dress with a gate and again his chance in the starting line was, had made just before the end with a penalty for the 4-4 tie, it was in the extension de Natris who made the semi-finals of the Netherlands perfectly: "Steam record on the sidelines, pivot inwardly, sail around one to three male and with the right finish inside the near left corner ," says portrays January Luitzen the winning goal.

What followed became known as De shame van de Schelde ( " the shame of the Scheldt "). The team had traveled with a provided by the Dutch government available ship, the Hollandia, to Antwerp. During the games, the players remained on the lying on the Scheldt at anchor housed, each of us in small, spartan equipped cabins without electricity or washing facilities - " a disgusting, gloomy chamber into which you can not even lock prisoners ," judged the chronicler of De Sportkroniek - while the officials were allowed to spend the night in luxurious hotel rooms. After de Natris had complained about the accommodations for the players, said the association, to be able to soothe with a gramophone and some records. De Natris and others, including especially his strike colleague Jaap bulder, smeared on the record with jam and use it for skipping stones on the river. As for the lost semi-final to eventual Olympic gold medalist ( and at that time arch-rival ) Belgium even more players in Antwerp pubs getting drunk violent and de Natris, bulder and the reserve players Evert van Linge and Henk Temple returned late at night on the Hollandia, attacked by the Association and graduated from these four from the rest of the tournament. It was only when her teammates to go on strike for the " small final " threatened, were the " sinners " at least with the match, but were not used. Without them, the team lost the match for the game has become for second place against Spain, but won so due to the disqualification of the Czechs and Slovaks still for the third time the bronze medal.

In November 1921, the team defeated the Stade Pershing hosting the Frenchman 5-0, de Natris as " Man of the Match " on the shoulders was then helped off the pitch. The next match was on March 26, 1922 once again one of the neighborhood in Derby and against Belgium. This game was of de Natris reinweg nothing to see; he only shone with verbal attacks against his opponents, which he blamed on the 0:4 defeat in the shoes. The selection committee of the KNVB then indulged him a longer break. From March 1922 to March 1924 de Natris was not considered for the national team.

In time for the 1924 Olympic Games de Natris was back in the squad and a regular in France. In the second round, he turned in a 6-0 victory over Romania a penalty to the final score after Kees Pijl had already scored four goals, but met no more in the further course of the tournament. After losing the semi-final - against Uruguay with the "black miracle" Andrade - was once again Sweden opponents of the Dutch. The selection committee sat in the third-place match on players who had not previously used, including three debutants; de Natris was the 1-1 draw just spectators, but came to replay back into the team. But the more experienced footballers lost this with 1:3 so that Oranje, after previously three bronze medals, was " ungrateful " fourth place in his fourth Olympic football tournament only.

After the Olympic Games de Natris remained little more than a year in the national team active. His last international match was his only as a Vitesse player. On October 25, 1925, went on his debut as five and a half years earlier against Denmark again, this time with a 4-2 victory in Amsterdam. Total de Natris approached to 23 international matches in which he scored five goals.