Jan Bens

Jan Bens
Personal information
Date of birth	(1921-04-15)15 April 1921
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	12 May 2012(2012-05-12) (aged 91)
Place of death	Netherlands
Youth career
1933–1938	Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1940–1947	Feyenoord	76	(25)
Teams managed
1962–1964	DFC
1964–1966	SC Cambuur
1968–1970	SC Cambuur
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Jan Bens (15 April 1921 – 12 May 2012) was a Dutch professional association football player and coach; he was also an amateur boxer and trainer.

Career

Football career

Born in Rotterdam, Bens joined hometown club Feyenoord at the age of 12 and made his senior debut at the age of 17.^[1] In 2007, he was the last surviving Feyenoord player from before World War II.^[2] In a match against Ajax on 6 December 1942, Bens became the first player ever to be sent off in De Klassieker, after punching Ajax goalkeeper Gerrit Keizer.^[1]^[2] He scored 25 goals in 76 first team games for Feyenoord.^[3]

After retiring as a player, Bens became a manager and coach, working in both the Netherlands and Australia with Go Ahead Eagles, EBOH, DFC, SC Cambuur, Wilhelmina and SVV.^[1]

Boxing career

Bens had a career as an amateur boxer, alongside his football career.^[1] He also trained professional boxer Lolle van Houten.^[1]

Later life and death

Bens died on 12 May 2012, at the age of 91.^[4]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Johan Derksen (5 November 2007). "'De laatste wens van Jan Bens'" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
1 2 Jurryt van de Vooren (26 March 2007). "Met Jan Bens naar het jarige Stadion Feyenoord (inclusief historisch dossier)" (in Dutch). sportgeschiedenis.nl.
↑ Oer-Feyenoorder Jan Bens overleden - Feyenoord
↑ "Oer-Feyenoorder Bens overleden" (in Dutch). NOS Sport. 14 May 2012.

FC Dordrecht – managers

Hunter (1912–14)
Weisz (1938–40)
de Bois (1941–48)
de Smit (1954–55)
Schwartz (1955–56)
Veg (1956–58)
Rybicki (1958–60)
Humenberger (1960–61)
Veldhuis (1961–XX)
de Smit (19XX–62)
Bens (1962–64)
de Visser (1964–66)
de Wit (1966–XX)
van den Bosch (19XX–67)
de Wit (1967–68)
Kraay (1968–69)
de Visser (1969–71)
Veg (1971–72)
Janse (1972–XX)
Dolaard (19XX–73)
Alleman (1973–XX)
van den Bosch (19XX–77)
van Eck (1975–77)
Rab (1977–79)
van Daal (1979–81)
Petescu (1981–82)
Dorjee (1982–84)
Körver (1984)
Kistemaker (1984–85)
Versluys (1985–86)
Kistemaker (1986–89)
Drost (1989–90)
Verèl (1990–91)
Advocaat (1991)
van Velzen (1991)
Verèl (1991–92)
Berger (1992–93)
Van Zoghel (1993–94)
Versleijen (1994–95)
Schoenmaker (1995–96)
Verbeek (1996–2000)
Van den Ham (2000–02)
Van Eck (2002–03)
Verbeek (2003–05)
Boogers (2005)
de Koning (2005)
Koolhof (2005–06)
Kruys (2006–10)
Lee (2010–11)
Bos (2011–12)
Breetveld (2012)
Bos (2012)
Van den Ham (2012)
Kruys (2013)
Breetveld (2013)
Van den Ham (2013–14)
Brandts (2014–15)
Everse (2015)
Van den Ham (2015–)

SC Cambuur – managers

Dubbelman (1954–62)
Blokland (1962–64)
Bens (1964–66)
de Wolf (1966–68)
Woudstra (a.i.) (1968)
Bens (1968–70)
Otten (1970–72)
Sannes (a.i.) (1972)
Beenhakker (1972–75)
Bouma (a.i.) (1975)
Bouma (1975–76)
de Ruiter (1976–80)
de Jonge (1980–83)
Verlangen (1983–85)
Spindelaar (a.i.) (1985)
Kistemaker (1985–86)
Korbach (1986–88)
Popovics (1988–90)
Baan (1990–1992)
de Jong (1992–93)
Korbach (1993–95)
Overweg (a.i.) (1995)
Berger (1995–98)
Kruys (1998–02)
Lee (a.i.) (2002)
McDonald (2002–03)
de Boer (2003–05)
Schulting (a.i.) (2005)
Wesseling (2005–07)
Schouwenaar (a.i.) (2007)
Koolhof (2007–08)
Menzo (2008–10)
Arts (2010–13)
De Jong (a.i.) (2013)
Lodeweges (2013–2014)
De Jong (2014–16)
Keizer (2016–)

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