Piet Bakers

Piet Bakers
Personal information
Date of birth (1922-09-05)5 September 1922
Place of birth Eindhoven, Netherlands
Date of death 14 August 1998(1998-08-14) (aged 75)
Position Defender
Youth career
1938-1941 Nuenen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942-1955 PSV 180 (11)
1955–1956 Brabantia
1956-1957 Holland Sport 21 (0)
International career
1951 Netherlands 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Piet Bakers (5 September 1922 – 14 August 1998) was a Dutch footballer. He played in one match for the Netherlands national football team in 1951.

He played the majority of his career for PSV, except for a final season at Holland Sport.

Personal life

Bakers lost six family members due to the RAF air raid, targeting the Philips factory on 6 December 1942 during World War II. He also played in the February 1944 game against LONGA, which ended in a raid by the German occupier.

He later was chairman of the PSV academy for 20 years.

References

  1. ↑ "Piet Bakers". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Piet Bakers". OnsOranje (Dutch FA). Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Piet Bakers". Eerste Rat). Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Kaper, Joris. "PSV-supporters in de val tijdens grote razzia bij stadion, 1944". Historiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Kampioenen uit Eindhoven". PSV (in Dutch). 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2026.