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Kick Smit

Kick Smit, Dutch footballer and manager (died 1974)

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Born
November 3, 1911
Died
July 1, 1974
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1911

About Kick Smit

Johannes Chrishostomus "Kick" Smit was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker. He earned 29 caps and scored 26 goals for the Netherlands national team, and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. He is the first Netherlands football player who scored a goal in a World Cup. During his club career, he played for HFC Haarlem. Johannes Chrishostomus "Kick" Smit (3 November 1911 – 1 July 1974) was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker. Media related to Kick Smit at Wikimedia Commons.

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Kick Smit timeline

  1. Johannes Chrishostomus "Kick" Smit (3 November 1911 – 1 July 1974) was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker.
  2. He earned 29 caps and scored 26 goals for the Netherlands national team, and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups.

The world when Kick Smit was born

Kick Smit was born in 1911. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1911

  • Best-selling book"The Broad Highway" – Jeffery Farnol

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Indianapolis 500 race
  • Top headlineTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 workers
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental airplane flight (49 days)
  • World population~1.71B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population93.4M

1911 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Kick Smit's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19112026
Population93.4M341 million

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