Constant Vandenstock

Constant Vanden Stock was a Belgian entrepreneur, and association football manager and player. From 1971 to 1996, Vanden Stock was president of the 34-time Belgian association football champions RSC Anderlecht for whom he played himself from 1933 to 1938. His son Roger succeeded him. During his reign, Anderlecht achieved major success in European football, winning the UEFA European Cup Winner's Cup in 1976 by beating West Ham United. With Vanden Stock at the helm, Anderlecht won the Belgian league ten times. Affectionately called "Monsieur le Président", Vanden Stock owned the Sint-Pieters-Leeuw based Belgian brewery BelleVue known for pasteurized, saturated lambic beers. Vanden Stock's brewery was founded by his father Philémon (1886-1945) in 1913 the year before Constant was born. He died on 19 April, 2008 after a long illness aged 93.