Florimond Vanhalme

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Florimond Vanhalme
Full name	Florimond Vanhalme
Date of birth	March 21, 1895(1895-03-21)
Place of birth	Sint-Andries (Bruges), Belgium
Date of death	July 4, 1979 (aged 84)
Place of death	Ostend, Belgium
Playing position	midfielder
Youth clubs
	Cercle Brugge
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1911-1931	Cercle Brugge	320 (33)
National team²
1927-1931	Belgium	39 (2)
Teams managed
	Cercle Brugge VC Vlissingen Kortrijk Sport FC Knokke
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 January 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Florimond Vanhalme (born March 21, 1895 - died July 4, 1979) was a former Belgium football midfielder, who still is record Belgian international for Cercle Brugge, the team where he spent all of his career. After his playing career, Vanhalme stayed in football as coach.

Vanhalme debuted at the highest level on May 5, 1912, in a match against Excelsior Brussel. The match was won 1-4, with Vanhalme scoring once. One season later, Vanhalme was part of the squad that played the cup final against Union SG. After 90 minutes, the score was 2-2, and with no rules about what should be done, officials of the KBVB/URBSFA decided on the spot that extra time had to be played. This would be the first time in Belgian football history that a match would be decided this way. Union SG eventually won the match with 3-2.

Vanhalme was twice champion of Belgium with Cercle Brugge, in 1927 and in 1930.