User:Aecis/Trivia
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Utterly unencyclopedic trivia too interesting not to mention
[edit] Notable people who could have become notable at football (soccer) but who became notable elsewhere in life
- Niels Bohr - Goalkeeper for Akademisk Boldklub in Denmark.
- Harald Bohr - Played for Akademisk Boldklub and the Danish national football team, won silver at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
- Albert Camus - Goalkeeper for University of Algiers, had to end his career after catching tuberculosis. Would likely have made the Algeria national football team.
- Goran Ivanisevic - Played for Hajduk Split's youth academy, but decided to play tennis instead.
- Pope John Paul II - Goalkeeper in his early days, quit football in order to focus on his religion.
- Vladimir Nabokov - Goalkeeper during his time at Cambridge
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Qualified football referee
[edit] Coincidence?
- 1968/1969: George Lazenby takes over as the actor playing James Bond, Ajax Amsterdam reach the European Cup final.
- 1970/1971: Sean Connery takes over as the actor playing James Bond, Ajax Amsterdam win the European Cup.
- 1972/1973: Roger Moore takes over as the actor playing James Bond, Ajax Amsterdam win the European Cup.
- 1986/1987: Timothy Dalton takes over as the actor playing James Bond, Ajax Amsterdam win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
- 1994/1995: Pierce Brosnan takes over as the actor playing James Bond, Ajax Amsterdam win the UEFA Champions League.
- 2006/2007: Daniel Craig takes over as the actor playing James Bond, ... Nothing...
[edit] Lack of promotion and relegation
Five active Dutch football (soccer) clubs have never been relegated from the Eredivisie:
- Ajax: 1954 - present.
- Feyenoord: 1954 - present.
- PSV: 1954 - present.
- RKC:
1988 - presentrelegated in 2007. - Roda JC: 1973 - present.
Three active Dutch professional football clubs have never won promotion to the Eredivisie:
- FC Emmen, became professional in 1985.
- TOP Oss, became professional in 1955, returned to the amateur ranks in 1957 and became professional again in 1991.
- FC Omniworld, became professional in 2005.
