{{short description|Belgian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{family name hatnote|van Alphen|Alphen}} {{Infobox football biography | name = John Van Alphen | image = | caption = | 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}} | death_place = | height = 1.69 m | position = Defender, Midfielder | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1936–1946 | clubs1 = Beerschot VAC | caps1 = | goals1 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1938–1944 | nationalteam1 = Belgium | nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = | manageryears1 = 1960–1961 | managerclubs1 = KSV Waregem | club-update = | nationalteam-update = }}
'''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.<ref>[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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>[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 }}</ref>
== Honours == * International from 1938 to 1944 (11 caps) * First international match: Belgium-Netherlands, 1-1, 3 April 1938 * Participation in the 1938 World Cup (Played one match) * Belgian Champion in 1938 and 1939 with Beerschot VAC * Belgian Vice-Champion in 1937 with Beerschot VAC
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== External links == *{{WorldFootball.net|john-van-alphen}}
{{Belgium Squad 1938 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Alphen, John}} Category:Belgium men's international footballers Category:Belgian men's footballers Category:1938 FIFA World Cup players Category:K Beerschot VAC players Category:Belgian football managers Category:KSV Waregem managers Category:1914 births Category:1961 deaths Category:Footballers from Antwerp Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Men's association football defenders Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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