Christiaan Groothoff

Christiaan Jacobus Groothoff (born 11 September 1878 Zaltbomme, Netherlands; died 28 January 1954 Bilthoven, Netherlands) was a former Dutch football referee. He was the editor and journalist of the sports magazine Het Sportblad in 1905–1927.

Career

He officiated 14 international matches and was member of FIFA in 1908–1945. He attributed 4 matches is 1912 Olympic Games[1] include Final [2] and others were in friendly matches. One of his officiated Olympic Games match was Germany-Russia which was German team's biggest win.[3]

References
  1. Referee's competitive matches
  2. OG 1912 Final
  3. Match report on DFB
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