Herman van Raalte
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Herman van Raalte | ||
Date of birth | 8 April 1921 | ||
Place of birth | Hengelo, Netherlands | ||
Date of death | 3 April 2013 | (aged 91)||
Place of death | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1942–1954 | Blauw-Wit | ||
1954–1957 | |||
1957–1959 | Blauw-Wit | ||
1959–1960 | |||
National team‡ | |||
1948 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 April 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 April 2013 |
Herman van Raalte (8 April 1921 – 3 April 2013) was a Dutch football player.
Club career[]
Van Raalte played for hometown club in the 1930s and 40s before joining Amsterdam side Blauw-Wit during World War II. With Blauw-Wit he lost the 1949–50 Netherlands Football League Championship final. He also played for and .
International career[]
Van Raalte earned his one and only cap for the Netherlands in a November 1948 friendly match against Belgium.[1]
Retirement and death[]
After his football career, he became a textile merchant.[2] Van Raalte died of a bacterial infection after hip surgery on 3 April 2013 at the age of 91. He was the then oldest living former Dutch international footballer.[3]
References[]
- ^ National team stats - Voetbalstats (in Dutch)
- ^ Profile - Voetballegends (in Dutch)
- ^ Oud-international Herman van Raalte overleden - RTV Oost (in Dutch)
External links[]
- Herman van Raalte overleden - Blauw-Wit
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 2013 deaths
- People from Hengelo
- Association football goalkeepers
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands international footballers
- Blauw-Wit Amsterdam players