Henri Baaij
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 September 1900 | ||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Date of death | 31 May 1943 | (aged 42)||
Place of death | Tamarkan, Siam | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1920–1923 | HFC Haarlem | ||
National team | |||
1921 | Netherlands | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Henri Baaij (or Baay; 19 September 1900 – 31 May 1943) was a Dutch footballer who played for HFC Haarlem. He was part of the Netherlands national team, playing two matches in 1921.[1]
Baaij served as a soldaat in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army during the Second World War.[2] He died aged 42 as a prisoner on the Burma Railway on 31 May 1943 and is buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.[2][3][4]
References[]
- ^ "Henri Baaij". eufootball.info. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details: Henri Baaij". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Henri Baaij". Oorlogsgravenstichting. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "De oorlogsslachtoffers in het voetbal van 31 mei". Voetbalmonument (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
External links[]
- Henri Baaij at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1900 births
- 1943 deaths
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands international footballers
- Footballers from Amsterdam
- HFC Haarlem players
- Royal Netherlands East Indies Army personnel of World War II
- Dutch military personnel killed in World War II
- Dutch prisoners of war in World War II
- World War II prisoners of war held by Japan
- Dutch people who died in prison custody
- Prisoners who died in Japanese detention
- Burma Railway prisoners
- Dutch football biography stubs