Edu Snethlage

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
	1908 London	Team Competition

Everhardus "Edu" Snethlage (November 5, 1883 in Ngawi, Dutch East Indies – January 12, 1941 in Medan, Dutch East Indies) was a Dutch football (soccer) player. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal in the football tournament of the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Snethlage became the all-time top scorer for the Dutch national team on 1909-03-21. His opening goal of the match against Belgium was his seventh goal for the Netherlands, breaking the record of six goals that Eddy de Neve had held since 1905-05-14. Snethlage improved his record by scoring three goals against Belgium on 1909-04-25. His record would stand until 1910-10-16, when Jan Thomée scored his eleventh goal for the Netherlands in a match against Germany.

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Netherlands squad – 1908 Summer Olympics – Bronze Medalists

Beeuwkes van den Berg La Chapelle de Bruijn Kops K. Heijting J. Heijting Kok De Korver Gonsalves Mundt (c) Otten Reeman van Renterghem Snethlage Sol Thomée Welcker Coach: Edgar Chadwick

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