Hermann Anton Joseph "Tonny" Kessler (20 April 1889 – 15 February 1960) was a Dutch
footballer
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. Kessler, along with brother
Dé and cousins
Boeli and
Dolf, played club football for amateur side
HVV Den Haag
HVV (Haagse Voetbal Vereniging; Dutch for The Hague Football Club) is an amateur football club in The Hague, Netherlands.
It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, (The)'' Hague Cricket Club''. In 1978, on the occasion of the club's cent ...
. Kessler won three caps for the
Dutch national side between 1907 and 1913, scoring one goal. After playing alongside each other in a match against
England
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in March 1913, the Kessler brothers became the first brothers to represent the Netherlands together in an international match.
References
External links
Player profile at KNVB
1889 births
1960 deaths
Dutch men's footballers
Netherlands men's international footballers
Footballers from The Hague
Men's association football forwards
Kessler family
HVV Den Haag players
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