death_date nationalcaps birth_date years death_place caps goals image_size nationalyears image name fullname caption birth_place nationalteam nationalgoals clubs position article_title
4 may 1957 8 july 10 , 1887 1914 -- 1917 1917 -- 1922 haarlem , netherlands 52 ? ? 0 ? ? 200px 1911 -- 1912 gé fortgens.jpg gé fortgens gerardus `` gerrit '' fortgens gé fortgens in 1912 . haarlem , netherlands netherlands 0 uvv haarlem defender , midfielder ge fortgens

ge fortgens

gerardus `` gerrit '' fortgens -lrb- july 10 , 1887 , in haarlem -- may 4 , 1957 , in haarlem -rrb- was a dutch amateur football -lrb- soccer -rrb- player .
fortgens was the first ajax-player ever who was selected for the netherlands national football team .
as such , he competed in the 1912 summer olympics .
he was part of the dutch team , which won the bronze medal in the football tournament .
