# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-hesselink
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:55:36.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-hesselink"
name: "Willem Hesselink"
slug: "willem-hesselink"
description: "Willem Frederik Hesselink was a Dutch football player and one of the founders of local club Vitesse in 1892. He was known for his blue woolen cap, which he seemed to wear day and night, and was nicknamed the Cannon, although he was also referred to as the Doctor because of his doctorate in chemistry."
tagline: "Dutch footballer (1878–1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willem_Hesselink%2C_monochrome_and_adjusted_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1878-02-08"
deathDate: "1973-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.09
  momentum:             16.32196162046908
  historical:           11.419116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Хесселинк, Виллем"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليم هيسيلينك"
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    title: "ویلم هسلینک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willem Hesselink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Hesselink"
    title: "Willem Hesselink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Hesselink"
    title: "Willem Hesselink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلم هسلینک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willem Hesselink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Hesselink"
    title: "Willem Hesselink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Hesselink"
    title: "Willem Hesselink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Hesselink"
    title: "Willem Hesselink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Hesselink"
    title: "Willem Hesselink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Hesselink"
    title: "Willem Hesselink"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Hesselink"
    title: "Willem Hesselink"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump