Kick Smit

Kick Smit
Smit in 1946
Personal information
Full name Johannes Chrishostomus Smit
Date of birth (1911-11-03)3 November 1911
Place of birth Bloemendaal, Netherlands
Date of death 1 July 1974(1974-07-01) (aged 62)
Place of death Haarlem, Netherlands
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928–1949 HFC Haarlem 387 (139)
International career
1934–1946 Netherlands 29 (26)
Managerial career
1950–1956 HFC Haarlem
1956–1958 AZ '54
1965–1966 HFC Haarlem
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johannes Chrishostomus "Kick" Smit (3 November 1911 – 1 July 1974) was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker. He earned 29 caps and scored 26 goals for the Netherlands national team, and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. He is the first Netherlands football player who scored a goal in a World Cup (27 May 1934 against Switzerland). During his club career, he played for HFC Haarlem.