Harry Waites, sometimes also called Jim Waites (8 June 1878 – October 1938), was an English

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coach active in the Netherlands in the 1920s.

Career

Waites, who was a rugby player in his youth, spent World War I in an open Prisoner-of-War camp in the Netherlands, alongside footballer

Arnold Birch Arnold Birch (1891–1964) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. World War I Birch worked at Newton, Chambers & Company's Tankersley mine until it closed in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I. He voluntarily joine ...

. After the war ended in 1918, Waites became a coach of

Be Quick Be Quick 1887 is a football club based in Groningen, Netherlands. Currently members of the Vierde Divisie, the fifth tier of the Dutch football league system, the club was established in 1887, and the first team play their home matches at the 12 ...

, winning the league title in 1920. Waites managed the Dutch national side in 1921, and later managed Dutch club side

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between 1924 and 1925 (national league championship 1924), before returning to England.

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English football managers Be Quick 1887 managers Netherlands national football team managers Feyenoord managers British Army personnel of World War I English expatriate football managers 1878 births 1938 deaths {{england-footy-manager-stub