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Mar 21, 1895 Bruges, Flemish Region, Belgium Died on 04 Jul 1979 (aged 84)
Belgian footballer
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About Florimond Vanhalme
- Florimond Vanhalme (21 March 1895 – 4 July 1979) was a Belgium football midfielder, who still is record Belgian international for Cercle Brugge, the team where he spent all of his career.
- After his playing career, Vanhalme stayed in football as coach. Vanhalme debuted at the highest level on 5 May 1912, in a match against Excelsior Brussel.
- The match was won 1–4, with Vanhalme scoring once.
- One season later, Vanhalme was part of the squad that played the cup final against Union SG.
- After 90 minutes, the score was 2–2, and with no rules about what should be done, officials of the KBVB/URBSFA decided on the spot that extra time had to be played.
- This would be the first time in Belgian football history that a match would be decided this way.
- Union SG eventually won the match with 3–2. Vanhalme was twice champion of Belgium with Cercle Brugge, in 1927 and in 1930.
- He also was called up for Belgium at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.
- He did not come into action in 1924.
- In 1928, he played the matches against Luxembourg and Argentina.
