Dick van den Polder

Dick van den Polder

Personal information
Date of birth	23 September 1934
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	21 October 2013 (aged 79)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Excelsior
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

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

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]

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.