Hans Boskamp
![]() Boskamp in 1970 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Johannes Hendricus Gerardus Hölscher | ||
Date of birth | 7 May 1932 | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Date of death | 21 March 2011 | (aged 78)||
Place of death | Dordrecht, Netherlands | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1949–1954 | Ajax | ||
1954–1958 | BVC Amsterdam | ||
1958–1962 | DWS | 103 | (4) |
International career | |||
1952–1954 | Netherlands | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hans Boskamp, born Johannes Hendricus Gerardus Hölscher, (7 May 1932 – 21 March 2011) was a Dutch footballer and actor.
Football career
[edit]Club
[edit]Rotterdam-born Hölscher moved with his family to Amsterdam at 10 years of age and joined Ajax under his father's stage name Boskamp.[1] He played his first match for the club on 26 March 1950 and his final one on 27 May 1954.[2] He then became a professional with BVC Amsterdam and played his final seasons for DWS.[3]
International
[edit]Boskamp made his debut for the Netherlands in a September 1952 friendly match against Denmark and earned a total of four caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1954 friendly match against Switzerland.[4]
Entertainment career
[edit]After retiring as a footballer, Boskamp worked at the Amsterdam stock exchange and later became a singer and actor.[5] He also worked for the Bovema record company and accompanied several big-name artists, among them John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their Bed-In in the Hilton Amsterdam.[6] He also provided the Dutch dub of Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch.
Later life and death
[edit]Boskamp died of a stroke on 21 March 2011, at the age of 78.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Hans Boskamp - Koninklijke HFC (in Dutch)
- ^ Oud-Ajacied Hans Boskamp overleden Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine - Ajaxlife (in Dutch)
- ^ "Voormalig international Hans Boskamp (78) overleden" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ National team stats - Voetbalstats
- ^ Hans Boskamp at IMDb
- ^ Allesdoener Hans Boskamp had veel talenten - AD (in Dutch)
- ^ "Ajax staat stil bij overlijden Boskamp". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 22 March 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
External links
[edit]- Hans Boskamp at National-Football-Teams.com
- Obituary - Ajax at the Wayback Machine (archived March 26, 2011)