Dick van den Polder
Dutch footballer and journalist
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1934-09-23)23 September 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Date of death | 21 October 2013(2013-10-21) (aged 79) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Excelsior | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dick van den Polder (23 September 1934 – 21 October 2013) was a Dutch footballer and journalist.
Career
Football career
Van den Polder played for Excelsior between 1954 and 1964.[1] He was one of the club's first professionals, and made a total of 199 appearances for them.[2]
Journalism career
Van den Polder retired from football at the age of 29 to become a journalist, and wrote for a number of papers including Rotterdamse Parool, Vrije Volk, Rotterdams Dagblad and Radio Rijnmond.[3]
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