Albert Van Coile, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belgian footballer
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Place of Birth: Bruges, Flemish Region, Belgium
About Albert Van Coile
- Albert Van Coile (27 March 1900 – 4 April 1927) was a Belgian footballer.
- He never played for any other team than Cercle Brugge.
- He also appeared once in the Belgian shirt. Van Coile is especially remembered by the Cercle Brugge fans because he is the only player who died because of injuries sustained in a Cercle Brugge match.
- During a tournament in Tourcoing, Van Coile was playing as centre forward by occasion.
- In the match against US Tourcoing, he collided with the local goalkeeper.
- Van Coile suffered no visible injuries, but when his situation deteriorated the day after the match, doctors discovered a tear in his bowels.
- A speedy operation had no result.
- Van Coile died 4 April. His funeral received great attention in the media as well as in Bruges itself, with all the flags half-staff.
- Van Coile's team, Cercle Brugge, were namely on the verge of becoming national champions in 1927.
- Ironically, during the funeral, Cercle's chairman René de Peellaert caught pneumonia, of which he died 14 days later.
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