Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 9 February 1944||
Date of death | 19 March 2024 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Zwolle, the Netherlands | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1969 | Zwolsche Boys | >88 | (9) |
1969–1972 | PEC Zwolle | 28 | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jan de Vries (9 February 1944 – 19 March 2024) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a defender. He made his debut for the main team of Zwolsche Boys at the age of 15 years old. In March 1969 he was temporarily suspended and fined.[2] From 1969 he played with PEC Zwolle until 1972. As a tribute, a painted portrait of him is hanging at the MAC³PARK Stadion.[3][4] De Vries died in Zwolle on 19 March 2014 at the age of 80.[3][4]