Van Hemert also had reputation as an all-round sportsman, being an able swimmer,
boxer and
shot putter. He used his boxing skills helpfully while attending (not playing) a Netherlands versus
Germany international football match at
Leipzig in 1912, when he intervened to help extricate the Austrian referee from German supporters who had invaded the pitch protesting the referee's decision against a German player. In 1922, he set a Dutch national record for shot put by throwing it 12.21 metres. In 1923 Van Hemert married Petronella Jacoba Margaretha Hofman (1903-1934), from whom he divorced in 1930. ==See also==