Dick van den Polder

Dick van den Polder
Personal information
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 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.[citation needed] He was one of the club's first professionals, and made a total of 199 appearances for them.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Oud voetballer Dick van den Polder overleden" (in Dutch). S.B.V. Excelsior. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Oud-journalist Dick van den Polder overleden" (in Dutch). Feyenoord. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.