Jan Hassink

Jan Hassink
Personal information
Full name Jan Hendrik Hassink
Date of birth (1902-04-06)6 April 1902
Place of birth Meppel, Netherlands
Date of death 26 July 1927(1927-07-26) (aged 25)
Place of death Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1923–1925 Ajax 21 (0)
1925–1927 PSV
International career
1926 Netherlands 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Hassink (6 April 1902 – 26 July 1927) was a Dutch footballer. He played in two matches for the Netherlands national football team in 1926.

Hassink played for Ajax before moving to Eindhoven to work in the Philips lightbulb factory. There he joined the company's club PSV. He then became the first ever PSV-player who was to be selected for the national football team.

Personal life

Jan was born in Meppel, the son of Jannes Hassink and Fredrika Andria Bordewijk.

He died in 1927 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

Career statistics

Club Season League KNVB Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajax 1923–24 160—160
1924–25 504090
Total 21040250

Sources

References

  1. ↑ "BS Overlijden met Jan Hendrik Hassink". Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Militieregisters: Jan Hendrik Hassink". Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Jan Hassink". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Jan Hassink". OnsOranje (KNVB - Dutch FA) (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  5. ↑ "Jan Hassink (1902-1927)". Kent u deze nog? (in Dutch). 2 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  6. ↑ Daniëls, Daan (21 June 2021). "100 keer PSV in Oranje: Van Jan Hassink tot Cody Gakpo". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  7. ↑ "BS Geboorte met Jan Hendrik Hassink". Drents Archief. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Voetbal. J. Hassink. †". Algemeen Handelsblad. 26 July 1927. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "De begrafenis van J. Hassink". Het Vaderland. 30 July 1927. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  10. ↑ Vermeer & van Hoof 1999, p. 73.
  11. ↑ Vermeer & van Hoof 1999, p. 75.