[FCGrunn]

The title seems sufficient. Here are mine:



Bok de Korver



[Dutch football's first superstar]
Johannes Marius ("Bok") de Korver (born January 27, 1883 in Rotterdam – died October 22, 1957 in Rotterdam) was a football player from the Netherlands, who twice won a bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team at the Summer Olympics: in 1908 (London) and in 1912 (Stockholm).

De Korver played for Sparta Rotterdam between 1902 and 1923. He won the Dutch national title five times. De Korver scored his most notable goal in 1912, in a match again AFC Ajax. His goal won Sparta the national title.
De Korver played 31 caps for the Netherlands between 1905 and 1913, scoring one goal. He won two Olympic bronze medals, in 1908 and 1912. De Korver captained the latter team. He was also a player of the Dutch national team that beat England for the first time ever, in 1913.
Legend has it that De Korver never made a foul during his career. He thought training was unsportsmanlike to the opponent, and he loved to smoke cigars. De Korver was the first Dutch football player to be the subject of a biography, in 1916.
Bok de Korver was a civil servant for the municipality of Rotterdam. He ended his career at age 40, after pneumonia. De Korver died on October 22, 1957, aged 74. He was buried in Haren (Groningen).
De Korver was an honorary member of Sparta and of the Royal Netherlands Football Association. The football club BDK from Amsterdam was named after De Korver. The west stand of Sparta's stadium, Het Kasteel, was renamed Bok de Korver Stand on April 1, 2007.

Faas Wilkes



Servaas ("Faas") Wilkes (October 13, 1923, Rotterdam — August 15, 2006, Rotterdam) was a Dutch football (soccer) striker, who earned a total number of 38 caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored 35 goals (average 0,92). However, during a prolonged period of his career, between 1949 and 1956, he was considered not eligible for the Dutch National team as the then current rules did not allow for professional players.
Wilkes played with Xerxes Rotterdam, then arrived at Inter Milan in the summer of 1949. He played with Inter 95 matches scoring 47 goals. After the Inter period ended in the 1952 he played one season with Torino and at the age of 30 he moved to La Liga for Valencia, scoring with los Ches a total of 38 goals in 62 appearances between 1953-54 and 1955-56 making him the first foreign idol of the Valencian club. He also played for Levante and Hion. He died of a cardiac arrest, aged 82.
He is considered as one of the best football players the Netherlands ever had. Wilkes was the 4th Dutch player (after Gerrit Keizer, Bep Bakhuys and Gerrit Vreken) who played abroad.
The Dutch cartoon character Kick Wilstra was named in part after Faas Wilkes (Wilstra was also named after two other Dutch footballers, Kick Smit and Abe Lenstra).

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• 1940-1949: Xerxes
• 1949-1952: Internazionale
• 1952-1953: Torino FC
• 1953-1956: Valencia
• 1956-1958: VVV
• 1958-1959: Levante
• 1959-1962: Fortuna '54
• 1962-1964: Xerxes

[FCGrunn]

What I didn't know was that Bok the Korver lies buried in Haren, some three miles from my home!

[FCGrunn]

deafening silence.

well then, let's highlight one of the more contemporary classics:

The Hague's most affable sun
Aad Mansveld


Aad Mansveld (born 14 July 1944 [1], died 15 December 1991 [2]) was a Dutch football player who played a total of 559 games for ADO Den Haag. He also won six caps for the national side.


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Aad Mansveld

[I'm no Ajax fan, but you gotta love that kit!!! Mansveld is on the right BTW]

[FCGrunn]

Tonny van Leeuwen

...was a goalkeeper for GVAV (the precursor to FC Groningen) during the sixties and early seventies. He was bound for greatness but died in a carcrash in 1971. Although he was born in Gouda and started out his professional career at Sparta Rotterdam, he remains a local hero in Groningen to this very day.






In the Oosterpark Stadium a stand was named after Tonny van Leeuwen. [I used to sit, or rather stand, in the left corner on the second tier]

[FCGrunn]

No appointments until 4, so I'll continue my crusade to further general awareness of the DFIs - the Dutch Football Icons

And this certainly is a great Icon: Theo Laseroms. A merciless central defender - antitypically Dutch - but certainly one of the mainstays of the legendary Feyenoord 1970 squad. I was not alive back then, but my dad and my uncles were on the stands, each and every time. Stories about Laseroms' toughness are legendary; he was a crook and so was his partner in crime in central defence, Rinus Israel. Anyone familiar with the Leeds United squad of the seventies? Well, these guys were far worse...but they were a great team...and Laseroms was a great player


Theo Laseroms



Laserom is on the right; Israel on the left



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Theo LaseromsPersonal informationFull nameMatheus Wilhelmus Theodorus LaseromsDate of birthMarch 8, 1940Place of birth Roosendaal, NetherlandsDate of death April 25, 1991 (aged 51)Place of death Zwolle, NetherlandsPlaying positiondefenderClub informationCurrent clubretiredYouth clubsRBC RoosendaalSenior clubs1YearsClubApp (Gls)*1957-1958
1958-1963
1963-1967
1968-1968
1968-1972
1972-1974RBC Roosendaal
NAC Breda
Sparta Rotterdam
Pittsburgh Phantoms
Feijenoord
AA Gent00? 0(?)
129 (28)
104 (11)
013 0(3)
123 0(4)
056 0(2) National team21965-1970Netherlands006 0(1)Teams managed1974-1975
1975-1979
1979-1981
1982-1984
1985-1986
1986-1987
1987-1988
1988-1989
1989-1990
1990-1991KVK Ieper
FC Vlaardingen
Heracles Almelo
East Riffa Club
Bahrain
Al-Nahda Club
Helmond Sport
PEC Zwolle
Trabzonspor
Cengelköyspor1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 6 June 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 6 June 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)
Matheus Wilhelmus Theodorus ("Theo") Laseroms (March 8, 1940 – April 25, 1991) was a football defender from the Netherlands, who made name when he played for Feyenoord Rotterdam. Born in Roosendaal, he has six caps for the Netherlands.
Nicknamed Theo de Tank he was famous for his slidings. He played for Feyenoord in the 1960s and early 1970s, and was on the team that won the European Cup in 1970 by defeating Celtic in the final in Milan. Laseroms started his professional career at RBC Roosendaal in 1956, then moved on to NAC Breda in 1958. He came to Sparta Rotterdam in 1963, and played for a short period of time in the United States, at the Pittsburgh Phantoms.
Laseroms formed a solid defence at Feyenoord with Rinus Israel. He took off from Rotterdam in 1972, played for two more years in Belgium with AA Gent, before becoming a soccer coach. He coached Heracles Almelo, Helmond Sport, FC Vlaardingen, Trabzonspor and clubs from Bahrain and Saudi-Arabia. He died in 1991 in Zwolle due to a cardiac arrest.

[johan neeskens]

There can only be one Epi Drost! Nickname: Manolito - because he looked like a star from a western series in the early 1970s, can't remember what it was called now.

Joined Twente in 1966, retired in 1980. Won the Dutch cup with Twente in 1977. Played for the Dutch national team nine times in the early 1970s and was generally considered as one of the biggest talents of his generation - unfortunately he was deemed 'difficult'. In 1973, bondscoach Fadhronc (sp?) kicked him out of the Dutch national squad after an apparently big argument and he missed the 1974 world cup because of it.

Epi Drost today still is Twente's biggest cult hero, not just because he's one of the best players we've ever had but also because of his loyalty to the club and his style of play. This wasn't the Jaap Stam type of defender: elegant and with exceptional technical skills, Epi always sought the pretty solution and as a result was spectacular to watch.

[AFCA]

I can´t beat Bok Korven, sorry

[FCGrunn]

Originally Posted by AFCA

I can´t beat Bok Korven, sorry

Well, why not Coen Dillen?

Coen Dillen

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Coen DillenPersonal informationFull nameCoenraad Henrik DillenDate of birth5 October 1926Place of birth Strijp, NetherlandsDate of death 24 July 1990 (aged 63)Place of death Zeeland, NetherlandsPlaying positionStrikerYouth clubs1937–1941BrabantiaSenior clubs1YearsClubApp (Gls)*1941–1945
1945–1949
1949–1961
1961–1963PSV
Brabantia
PSV
Helmondia '55000 00(0)

328 (287)
National team1954–1957Netherlands005 0{4)Teams managed1964–1966RKSV Nuenen1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Coenraad Henrik Dillen (5 October 1926 – 24 July 1990) was a Dutch footballer who played for Brabantia, PSV and Helmondia '55, as well as the Dutch national side. After retiring from playing he spent a two year spell as manager of amateur side RKSV Nuenen.

His goal tally of 43 in the 1956/57 season remains the highest score by an individual in the Eredivisie.






1949/'50 PSV (Ned ) 19 13 0,68
1950/'51 PSV (Ned ) 30 21 0,7
1951/'52 PSV (Ned ) 16 9 0,56
1952/'53 PSV (Ned ) 27 16 0,59
1953/'54 PSV (Ned ) 32 32 1
1954/'55 PSV (Ned ) 41 43 1,05
1955/'56 PSV (Ned ) 30 34 1,13
1956/'57 PSV (Ned1) 34 43 1,26
1957/'58 PSV (Ned1) 33 28 0,85
1958/'59 PSV (Ned1) 30 15 0,5
1959/'60 PSV (Ned1) 28 31 0,11
1960/'61 PSV (Ned1) 8 2 0,25
1961/'62 PSV (Ned1) * *
" /' " Helmondia (Ned ) * *
1962/'63 Helmondia (Ned ) * *
TOTAAL * *

[AFCA]

Originally Posted by FCGrunn

Well, why not Coen Dillen?

Coen Dillen

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Coen DillenPersonal informationFull nameCoenraad Henrik DillenDate of birth5 October 1926Place of birth Strijp, NetherlandsDate of death 24 July 1990 (aged 63)Place of death Zeeland, NetherlandsPlaying positionStrikerYouth clubs1937–1941BrabantiaSenior clubs1YearsClubApp (Gls)*1941–1945
1945–1949
1949–1961
1961–1963PSV
Brabantia
PSV
Helmondia '55000 00(0)

328 (287)
National team1954–1957Netherlands005 0{4)Teams managed1964–1966RKSV Nuenen1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Coenraad Henrik Dillen (5 October 1926 – 24 July 1990) was a Dutch footballer who played for Brabantia, PSV and Helmondia '55, as well as the Dutch national side. After retiring from playing he spent a two year spell as manager of amateur side RKSV Nuenen.

His goal tally of 43 in the 1956/57 season remains the highest score by an individual in the Eredivisie.






1949/'50 PSV (Ned ) 19 13 0,68
1950/'51 PSV (Ned ) 30 21 0,7
1951/'52 PSV (Ned ) 16 9 0,56
1952/'53 PSV (Ned ) 27 16 0,59
1953/'54 PSV (Ned ) 32 32 1
1954/'55 PSV (Ned ) 41 43 1,05
1955/'56 PSV (Ned ) 30 34 1,13
1956/'57 PSV (Ned1) 34 43 1,26
1957/'58 PSV (Ned1) 33 28 0,85
1958/'59 PSV (Ned1) 30 15 0,5
1959/'60 PSV (Ned1) 28 31 0,11
1960/'61 PSV (Ned1) 8 2 0,25
1961/'62 PSV (Ned1) * *
" /' " Helmondia (Ned ) * *
1962/'63 Helmondia (Ned ) * *
TOTAAL * *

you're having a genuine blast here I see

[FCGrunn]

Originally Posted by AFCA

you're having a genuine blast here I see

yes indeed, my own personal space on the web...

I think it's rather interesting and I am utterly convinced that the absency of everyone else can be easily explained by their pondering on equally interesting additions to this thread!

Feel free to skip in occasionaly!