Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman

{{Short description|Banker, General Secretary of FIFA (1877–1951)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman

| image =

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| order2 = 2nd

| office2 = General Secretary of FIFA

| term_start2 = 1906

| term_end2 = 1931

| predecessor2 = Louis Muhlinghaus

| successor2 = Ivo Schricker

| order =

| office = Honorary FIFA Secretary
(Acting President of FIFA)

| term_start = 24 October 1918

| term_end = 28 August 1920

| predecessor = Daniel Burley Woolfall (as President of FIFA)

| successor = Jules Rimet (as President of FIFA)

| birth_date = 16 February 1877

| birth_place = Medan

| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|6|26|1877|2|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Amsterdam

| occupation = Banker

| nationality = Dutch

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Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman{{cite book|last=Klinkert|first=Wim|title=Defending Neutrality: The Netherlands prepares for War, 1900-1925|publisher=BRILL|year=2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ykps_FyIPAsC&pg=PA273 |isbn=9789004252509}} (16 February 1877 – 26 June 1951), known as Carl Anton Wilhelm Hirschman,[http://fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/history/index.html History of FIFA – Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331181502/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/history/index.html |date=2019-03-31 }} on fifa.com, retrieved 14 January 2017 was a Dutch banker, co-founder of FIFA in 1904 and the 2nd General Secretary of FIFA, serving from 1906 to 1931.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/organisation/ip-110_04a_gs_9503.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026044239/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/organisation/ip-110_04a_gs_9503.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 26, 2012|title=FIFA General Secretaries over the years}} In 1912 he was also one of the founders of the Dutch Olympic Committee (NOC).[https://web.archive.org/web/20150519123710/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/history/more-associations-follow.html History of FIFA – More associations follow] at fifa.com

When FIFA president Daniel Burley Woolfall died in 1918, Hirschman kept the organization from falling apart, almost single-handedly and at his own costs, operating from his offices in Amsterdam. He was FIFA's interim president until Jules Rimet was elected its third president in March 1921.

After the crash of 1929 Hirschman's stock trading company went bankrupt and the money he had invested for the NOC and FIFA was mostly lost. Hirschman unexpectedly resigned from both NOC and FIFA in 1931.[http://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:011072933:mpeg21:a0097 De Krach-Hrischman], Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad, 27 November 1931