Jan van den Berg

In 1898 he was the first player of HFC Haarlem to play in the then unofficial Dutch national team. In 1899 he scored the only Dutch goal in a 1–6 loss to England. In the infamous unofficial Dutch-Belgian meetings of 1901–04, van den Berg netted again on 3 January 1904 in a 4–6 loss to Belgium. In total, Jan played five matches and scored 2 goals with the unofficial Dutch national team, but when the official Dutch team was finally formed in 1905, van den Berg was no longer in his best form and never managed to earn a single cap for the main national side. Van den Berg was a member of the Dutch squad that competed in the football tournament of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he failed to feature in a single game as the Netherlands won bronze after beating Sweden (3–1) in the third place match, thus missing out on the chance to become the first-ever HFC Haarlem player to be an Olympic medalist as he was not awarded a bronze medal due to have not played.

Van den Berg was a board member of the KNVB between 1904 and 1909. He was a good speed skater on the 500 and 1500 meters speed skate, a champion of Haarlem in bowling, and also won prizes in equestrian sport. For HFC Haarlem, in addition to being a footballer, he was also an excellent sprinter in the club's athletics branch and captain of the cricket team. He was awarded the title of honorary president of the club in 1920, becoming its honorary chairman together with Jaap van Balen Blanken and Henk Hut. He was director of the Olympic Stadium during the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam and until 1947, when the club's current stadium, Haarlem Stadion, was opened by him in 1948. Van den Berg remained a member of HFC Haarlem for the rest of his life and the savior through which the club survived. He saw the club become the national champion in 1946.

His brothers who died very young were also very involved in the club. His brother André was the founder of the cricket and field hockey branch of Haarlem, which still exists under the names "Cricketclub Bloemendaal" and top club "HC Bloemendaal"; he died in 1916 only 33 years old from meningitis. On the other hand, brother Chef died in 1920 at the age of 30 in a car accident. Jan van den Berg died on 21 December 1951 in Zandvoort. If there is a Haarlemmer who still deserves a place in the “Hall of Fame” at the Kennemer Sportcentre, it's the honorary chairman.

Club

HFC Haarlem KNVB Cup: Champions (2): 1901–02 and 1911–12 AVV RAP Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz: Champions (1): 1900