Victor Mees

Victor Mees, known as Vic or Vicky, was a Belgian footballer born on 26 January 1927 who spent his entire playing career with Royal Antwerp, making his first team debut at the age of 17 shortly after the Second World War. A midfielder who became a leader of the side, he helped the club win the Belgian Cup in 1954-55 and its first Belgian First Division championship in 1956-57. He was known as a gentleman footballer and was a pillar of the Belgium national team, earning 68 caps and playing at the 1954 World Cup, a total that made him Belgium's most capped player until 1973. In 1956 he won the Belgian Golden Shoe while at Antwerp, and in 2002 supporters voted him the club's player of the century. He died on 11 November 2012.