Dick Been

Dirk Been (28 December 1914 – 20 May 1978) was a Dutch football defender who was a non-playing squad member for the Netherlands in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Dick Been
Personal information
Full name Dirk Been
Date of birth (1914-12-28)28 December 1914
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 20 May 1978(1978-05-20) (aged 63)
Place of death Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1941 Ajax 57 (0)
1942–1945 Hamburger SV 28 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

He played for hometown side Ajax, but during the Second World War he was forced to work in Germany. There, as a wartime Guest Player, he played for Hamburger SV[2][3]

gollark: How does this sort of thing *happen*...
gollark: I grabbed a zyu from Alpine, and there turned out to be a copper behind it which I also got! Somehow!
gollark: Do you want that thuwed too?
gollark: Sure, one in a week is okay.
gollark: I just came up with one of those somewhat jokey eggs to give to annoying "free for X" people, and then I saw that it was actually something I wanted...

References
  1. 1938 FIFA World Cup France Archived October 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Drentsch Dagblad, Dec 31, 1943; and: Prüß/Irle, Tore, Punkte, Spieler. Die komplette HSV-Statistik. Göttingen 2008
  3. Die Bomben-Mannschaft - Spiegel (in German)
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