John Van Alphen

{{short description|Belgian footballer}}

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| name = John Van Alphen

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| fullname = Jan van Alphen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|06|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Antwerp, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|1961|12|19|1914|06|17|df=yes}}

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| height = 1.69 m

| position = Defender, Midfielder

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| years1 = 1936–1946

| clubs1 = Beerschot VAC

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| nationalyears1 = 1938–1944

| nationalteam1 = Belgium

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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| manageryears1 = 1960–1961

| managerclubs1 = KSV Waregem

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Jan "John" van Alphen (17 June 1914 – 19 December 1961) was a Belgian footballer, born in Antwerp, Belgium.

He played as a midfielder for Beerschot VAC.[http://beerschot.wimmel.be/index2.php?menu=player&ID=459 Player page at beerschot.wimmel.be] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706142615/http://beerschot.wimmel.be/index2.php?menu=player&ID=459 |date= 6 July 2011 }} With the anversois, he twice won the Belgian Championship, in 1938 and 1939. He played for the Diables Rouges from 1938 to 1944, with whom he played eleven games, including one at the 1938 World Cup.[http://www.footbel.be/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_speler.html Player page at the site of the URBSFA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525152231/http://www.footbel.be/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_speler.html |date=25 May 2011 }}