Dick van den Polder

Dick van den Polder (23 September 1934 – 21 October 2013) was a Dutch footballer and journalist.

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)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Excelsior
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Football career

Van den Polder played for Excelsior between 1954 and 1964.[1] He was one of the club's first professionals, and made a total of 199 appearances for them.[2]

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.[3]

gollark: Oh, I see, it was a bracket issue.
gollark: ... I fixed that, I am now trying to work out the ißue.
gollark: ```scheme(define metagollariosity (lambda (x y z) (define opponent-next-move (z y x z)) (display "about to be gollarious\n") (display "simulating...\n") (write z) (define simulate (lambda (n) (z (cons n y) (cons opponent-next-move x) z)) (define if-defect (simulate 1)) (write "simulated to depth 1") (define if-cooperate (simulate 0)) (write if-cooperate) (if (> (car (prisond 1 if-defect)) (car (prisond 0 if-cooperate))) 1 0))))```
gollark: Yes, I know that, it was a foolish mistake, I fixed it.
gollark: OH BEE, it still errors.

References

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


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