Joop Odenthal

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Joop Odenthal

|image = Joop Odenthal (1951).jpg

|caption = Joop Odenthal in 1951

|fullname = Johannes Bernardus Odenthal

|birth_date = {{birth date|1924|3|13|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Haarlem, Netherlands

|death_date = {{death date and age|2005|1|19|1924|3|13|df=yes}}

|death_place = Neede, Netherlands

|position = Defender

|years1 = {{0|0000}}–1954

|clubs1 = EDO

|caps1 =

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|years2 = 1954–1957

|clubs2 = Haarlem

|caps2 =

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|years3 = 1957–1960

|clubs3 = SC Enschede

|caps3 = 127

|goals3 = 1

|years4 = 1960–1961

|clubs4 = Tubantia

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|nationalyears1 = 1951–1956

|nationalteam1 = Netherlands

|nationalcaps1 = 24

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|manageryears1 =

|managerclubs1 = Quick '20

}}

Johannes Bernardus "Joop" Odenthal (13 March 1924 – 19 January 2005){{cite news |title=Oud-international Joop Odenthal overleden |url=http://home.wanadoo.nl/stoov/h0501.htm |access-date=21 December 2020 |work=Stoovelaar |date=20 January 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050909033612/http://home.wanadoo.nl/stoov/h0501.htm |archive-date=9 September 2005 |language=Dutch}} was a Dutch footballer, baseball player and football manager. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics,{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26675 |title=Joop Odenthal |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 November 2021}} representing the Netherlands.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/od/joop-odenthal-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418093144/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/od/joop-odenthal-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Joop Odenthal Olympic Results |accessdate=13 October 2018}}

Career

=Baseball=

Odenthal was a well-known athlete. He played as a baseball player between 1946 and 1954, at former Haarlem Hoofdklasse club EDO where he was a shortstop and third baseman. In 1948 and 1949 he appeared twice for the Netherlands national baseball team during the international matches against Belgium.{{cite book |last1=Hamel |first1=Wim |last2=van der Heijden |first2=Guus |last3=Vleeshhouwer |first3=Theo |title=Honkbal veroverde Goud: 50 Jaar Koninklijke Nederlandse Honkbal Bond |date=16 March 1962 |publisher=Koninklijke Nederlandse Honkbal Bond |location=Amsterdam |pages=61–63 |language=Dutch}}

=Football=

As a footballer, Odenthal played for EDO, Haarlem, SC Enschede and Tubantia respectively.{{cite book |last1=Chetwynd |first1=Josh |title=Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History |date=2008 |publisher=McFarland & Co |location=Jefferson, N.C. |isbn=9780786437245 |page=18}} Born in Haarlem, his move from EDO to in-city rivals HFC Haarlem was hugely unpopular among fans. After a move to Enschede, he continued his football career with the two main Hoofdklasse clubs from that city. Between 1951 and 1956, he made 24 appearances for the Netherlands national team. He made his international debut against Finland in 1951.{{cite web |title=Odenthal, Joop - National Football Teams |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/20624/Joop_Odenthal.html |website=national-football-teams.com |access-date=21 December 2020}} After his active sports career, Odenthal for a long time coached both baseball players and footballers at Achilles '12 in Hengelo. He also coached the senior team of Quick '20. Odenthal, together with Henk Schijvenaar and Cor Wilders, remains one of the only athletes competing for both the Netherlands football team and baseball team.{{cite web |title=H.F.C. EDO |url=http://historiebetaaldvoetbal.nl/edo/ |publisher=Historie Betaald Voetbal |access-date=21 December 2020 |language=Dutch |quote=Henk Schijvenaar behoort samen met Joop Odenthal en Cor Wilders tot de enige sporters die zowel voor het Nederlands voetbalteam als het Nederlands honkbalteam uitkwam.}}

Personal life

He is the grandfather of Cas Odenthal, who plays as a footballer for NEC Nijmegen.{{Cite web |last=Meijer |first=Chris |date=21 May 2021 |title=Cas Odenthal hoopt in de voetsporen van zijn opa met 24 interlands te treden |url=https://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=388618 |access-date=16 July 2021 |website=Voetbalzone}}