Harry Waites
Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | England | ||
Teams managed | |||
Years | Team | ||
1919–1921 | Be Quick | ||
1921 | Netherlands | ||
1921–1924 | LAC Frisia 1883 | ||
1924–1925 | Feyenoord |
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[]
- ^ a b (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
Categories:
- English football managers
- Be Quick 1887 managers
- Netherlands national football team managers
- Feyenoord managers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- English expatriate football managers
- English football manager stubs