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Pieter Boelmans ter Spill

Dutch association football player (1886-1954)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ1321188 ↗
Source-derived summary

Pieter Boelmans ter Spill ((1886 -01-26)26 January 1886 – (1954-10-31)31 October 1954) was a Dutch male footballer.

Club career

Born in 1886 in Alkmaar to Hendrik Boelmans ter Spill and Neeltje Boon, Boelmans ter Spill was a big center-forward who played for HFC.

International career

He was part of the Netherlands national football team, playing 3 matches. He played his first match on 1 April 1907 against England.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Pieter Boelmans ter Spill” as dutch association football player (1886-1954). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pieter, Boelmans and Spill.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1886, 1954, 1907—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1886-01-26. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Pieter, Boelmans and Spill providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1321188. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1886, 1954 and 1907.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pieter Boelmans ter Spill” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.