Joseph d'Oultremont

Count Joseph d'Oultremont de Wégimont and Warfusée (15 August 1877 – 7 October 1942) was a Belgian patron, sports manager and politician. He was the first chairman of the Belgian Hockey Association (1912–1913), and also the second president of Belgian Football Association (1924–1929). In his youth, he played football, notably at the Royal Léopold Football Club, and practiced cricket.

Early and personal life Joseph Antoine Marie Émile Henri (known as Joë) d'Oultremont de Wégimont and Warfusée was born in Amay on 15 August 1877, as the only son of Eugène d'Oultremont de Wégimont and Warfusée and Clotilde (1844–1889), and Countess Eugénie van den Steen de Jehay (1850–1932).

He studied at St. Augustin's College in Ramsgate, England, and then at the Fathers Josephites College in Melle, near Ghent. After obtaining his diplomas, he traveled around the world and spent some time in China, where he was offered an interesting position with a Belgian company.

D'Oultremont devoted himself mainly to sports organizations, becoming the first president of the Royal Belgian Hockey Association in 1912–13. However, he was mainly interested in football organizations, being a member of the General Council of the 'Union Belge' between 1910 and 1913. From the moment he arrived in the village of Beusdael, the young Count d'Oultremont declared himself to be its new patron, both generous and omnipresent.