Herman van Raalte

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Raalte, not Raalte.
Herman van Raalte
Personal information
Full name Herman van Raalte
Date of birth (1921-04-08)8 April 1921
Place of birth Hengelo, Netherlands
Date of death 3 April 2013(2013-04-03) (aged 91)
Place of death Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
HVV Hengelo
1942–1954 Blauw-Wit
1954–1957 B.V.C. Amsterdam
1957–1959 Blauw-Wit
1959–1960 Leeuwarden
International career‡
1948 Netherlands 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 April 2013

Herman van Raalte (8 April 1921 – 3 April 2013) was a Dutch football player.

Club career

Van Raalte played for hometown club HVV Hengelo in the 1930s and 40s before joining Amsterdam side Blauw-Wit during World War II. With Blauw-Wit he lost the 1949–50 Netherlands Football League Championship final. He also played for B.V.C. Amsterdam and V.V. Leeuwarden.

International career

Van Raalte earned his one and only cap for the Netherlands in a November 1948 friendly match against Belgium.[1]

Retirement and death

After his football career, he became a textile merchant.[2] Van Raalte died of a bacterial infection after hip surgery on 3 April 2013 at the age of 91. He was the then oldest living former Dutch international footballer.[3]

References

  1. ^ National team stats - Voetbalstats (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Profile - Voetballegends (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Oud-international Herman van Raalte overleden - RTV Oost (in Dutch)