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'''Jack Wilson Lydman''' (1914-2005) was an [[actor]], [[Foreign Service]] Officer, and [[United States]] [[Ambassador]] to [[Malaysia ]](1969-1974).
{{Football player infobox
| playername = Dirk Kuyt
| image = [[Image:Dirk Kuijt.JPG|255px]]<br><small>Kuyt in [[Germany]] during the [[2006 World Cup]]
| fullname = Dirk Kuijt
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1980|7|22|df=y}}
| cityofbirth = [[Katwijk aan Zee]]
| countryofbirth = [[Netherlands]]
| height = {{height|meter=1.83}}
| currentclub = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| clubnumber = 18
| position = [[Football (soccer) positions#Wing|Right Winger]], [[Centre forward|Centre forward]]
| youthyears = 1985&ndash;1998
| youthclubs = [[Quick Boys]]
| clubs = [[FC Utrecht]]<br>[[Feyenoord Rotterdam|Feyenoord]]<br>[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| years = 1998&ndash;2003<br>2003&ndash;2006<br>2006&ndash;
| caps(goals) = 160 (51)<br>101 (71)<br>{{0}}72 (15)<!--LEAGUE APPS & GOALS ONLY -->
| nationalteam = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
| nationalyears = 2004&ndash;
| nationalcaps(goals) = {{0}}43 {{0}}(8)
| pcupdate = September 1, 2008
| ntupdate = August 22, 2008
}}
'''Dirk Kuyt''', officially spelled '''Dirk Kuijt'''<ref>"Kuijt" is the original Dutch way of spelling his surname, however the British media have come to use "Kuyt" in an attempt to make his name more easily pronounceable in English. In Dutch, the letters 'i' and 'j' in succession can also be written as 'y', making 'y' and 'ij' interchangeable. See [[IJ (digraph)]].</ref> ({{Pronunciation|DirkKuyt.ogg}}), (born [[22 July]] [[1980]], in [[Katwijk aan Zee]]) is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] professional [[football (soccer)|football]] player, who currently plays for [[England|English]] club [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool FC]]. He is renowned for his work-rate in his primary position as a [[striker]] but now he is more often deployed as a [[Winger (sport)|winger]] for both [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and the [[Netherlands national football team|Dutch national team]].


After work with the Surry Players at the [[Mercury Theatre]] in [[New York]] he join the [[US Army Air Forces]] during [[World War II]] becoming a division chief in the Strategic Bombing Survey of the War Department. He married and joined the [[Department of State]] in 1946 as a research assistant becoming chief of the Far East political section then deputy director of the Office of Intelligence Research. Commissioned as a Foreign Service Officer in 1955 he was posted as deputy director of the Research Center of the South East Asia Treaty Organization to Bangkok. In 1958 he was assigned to [[Surabaya]] with responsibility for [[Portuguese Timor]] until appointed counselor for economic affairs to [[Jakarta]] ([[Indonesia]]) in 1960. After attending the Senior Seminar in 1961-1962, he appointed deputy chief of mission to [[Canberra]] ([[Australia]]) 1963. He returned to Jakarta in 1965 as DCM with the personal rank of minister. In 1969 [[President Nixon]] appointed him as Ambassador to Malaysia serving in [[Kuala Lumpur]] until he retired in 1974.
Kuyt missed only five games over seven seasons from 1999 until 2006, making 233 appearances.<ref name=lfchist>{{cite web | title=Detailed stats and profile of Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt |work=Article on LFChistory.net| url=http://www.lfchistory.net/redcorner_articles_view.asp?article_id=1202| accessdate=August 29| accessyear=2006}}</ref> Between March 2001 (playing with [[FC Utrecht]]) and April 2006 ([[Feyenoord]]) Kuyt played 179 consecutive matches.


Jack Lydman participated in planning the 1942 [[Doolittle Raid]] air raid on [[Japan]] but is best known for giving repeated testimony concerning the [[CIA]] provision of names to General [[Suharto]]'s forces during 1965, and for his 1969 review of Indonesian administration of [[West New Guinea]] (then called West Irian) which was obtained under the ''[[Freedom of Information Act]]'' and published by [[George Washington University]] in 2004.
For the [[Netherlands national football team]] he has played at [[2006 FIFA World Cup|Germany 2006]] and [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Kuyt is the third of four children. He grew up in the fishing village of [[Katwijk|Katwijk aan Zee]], where his father was a fisherman.<ref name=lfchist/>

His football career began when he joined the local amateur team [[Quick Boys]] at age 5. He broke into the first team in March 1998, playing the last six games of the season, and catching the eye of [[Eredivisie]] team [[FC Utrecht]].<ref name=lfchist/> Kuyt still regularly visits [[Katwijk]] and his old club [[Quick Boys]], who benefited from a [[Pound sterling|GB£]]300,000 windfall as a result of the player's move to Liverpool.

===Utrecht===
Kuyt signed professionally for Utrecht that summer, aged 18, and immediately established himself in the first team. However he was more often than not played as a winger, as Utrecht preferred to play [[Serbia]]n [[Igor Gluščević]] up front.

This continued until the 2002&ndash;03 season when Utrecht installed [[Foeke Booy]] as their new manager. Booy played Kuyt as a striker / attacking midfielder (behind the striker) for the entire season, and Kuyt repaid him with 20 league goals. Utrecht also reached the [[KNVB Cup|Dutch Cup]] final, where they met Feyenoord. Although they were the underdogs Utrecht comfortably won the cup 4&ndash;1, with Kuyt scoring one and being given the man-of-the-match award. At the end of the season Kuyt completed a [[Euro|€]]1 million move to [[Feyenoord Rotterdam]], where he replaced the out-going [[Pierre Van Hooijdonk]].

===Feyenoord===
{{Expand-section|date=June 2008}}
At Feyenoord, Kuyt immediately became a fan's favourite with his continued goal scoring success. His first season saw him net another 20 league goals. The opening game of the 2004–05 season marked Kuyt's first ever [[hat-trick]] against [[De Graafschap]]. He later went on to score three in the 6&ndash;3 victory against [[ADO Den Haag]] and ended the season as the [[Eredivisie]]'s top scorer with 29 goals — a career high.

In 2005 Kuyt was handed the Feyenoord [[captain (football)|club captaincy]] and went on to have a third successful season with the club, scoring 25 goals in all competitions.

Over the summer of 2006 Kuyt was again linked with moves to many top English clubs, most notably [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle]]. Rumours started in May with Dirk Kuyt stating "I am happy at Feyenoord but I would like to play in the Premier League."<ref name="bbc">
{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/5011150.stm |title= Kuyt reveals Liverpool approach | work=Article on BBC Sport |accessdate=24 May |accessyear=2006 }}</ref> Kuyt completed a move to Liverpool on [[18 August]] for an undisclosed fee.

===Liverpool===
Upon joining [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], Kuyt stated "I only wanted to leave Feyenoord for a really big club, and that is what Liverpool are. They are a fantastic, big club and it will be a real pleasure to play here."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5886260|title=Kuyt: I can handle 'big club' pressure |work= Article on FOX Sports |accessdate=August 19 |accessyear=2006}}</ref>

After sitting out the first game Kuyt made his Liverpool debut as a [[Substitute (football)|substitute]] against [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]] on [[26 August]]. His first start came against [[PSV Eindhoven]] in the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] and he has been first choice in most games since.
In his third start for the club on [[20 September]] [[2006]] Kuyt scored his first goal against [[Newcastle United]] in a [[FA Premier League|Premiership]] game at Anfield,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/5351794.stm |title=Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle |work=Match report on BBC Sport |accessdate=21 September |accessyear=2006}}</ref> and followed up with another against [[Tottenham Hotspur]] in the next game. He scored his third goal for Liverpool with his father watching the game at Anfield, contributing to Liverpool's 3&ndash;1 win over Aston Villa. Two weeks later he bagged a brace, as the only scorer in the Reds' 2&ndash;0 victory against Premiership newcomers Reading.

Kuyt has won much praise for his early performances, with ''[[The Mirror]]'' stating: "The Dutch striker has the look of a cult hero in the making"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/tm_objectid=17813182&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=liverpool-3-0-tottenham-name_page.html |title=Liverpool 3-0 Tottenham |work=Match report in The Mirror |accessdate=26 September |accessyear=2006}}</ref> and ''[[The People]]'' reporting that he is "propelling himself towards iconic status."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_objectid=17809229&method=full&siteid=93463&headline=rafa-finds-the-perfect-blond--name_page.html |title=Kuyt shows killer touch to win the hearts of Anfield |work=Match report in The People |accessdate=26 September|accessyear=2006}}</ref> One of the reasons for his early popularity is his post match courtesy to the fans. After each match he walks to every corner of the ground, and applauds the Liverpool supporters.

[[Image:Kuyt Alonso Liverpool.jpg|thumb|250px|Kuyt with teammate [[Xabi Alonso]] at Liverpool]]

On [[20 January]] [[2007]], Dirk Kuyt opened the scoring against Chelsea after only 4 minutes after a [[Peter Crouch]] flick-on. Liverpool went on to defeat the champions 2&ndash;0. It was the first time [[Rafa Benitez]] had defeated [[Jose Mourinho]] in the Premiership. It was also the first goal scored by Liverpool against a top four club in the league in the [[Premier League 2006-07|2006-07 season.]] Kuyt moved his league-goal tally into double figures by scoring the first goal in the game against West Ham on [[30 January]] [[2007]].

Kuyt played a key part in Liverpool's penalty shoot-out win over [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] in the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Champions League 2006-07|2006-07 Champions League.]] Firstly in [[extra-time]] he had a goal disallowed for offside from [[Xabi Alonso]]'s strike. Kuyt also scored the winning penalty in the shoot-out, and scored a consolation goal in their 2&ndash;1 defeat to [[AC Milan]] in the [[2007 UEFA Champions League Final|final.]]

He bagged his first goals of the 2007&ndash;2008 season in Liverpools 4&ndash;0 victory over [[Toulouse FC]] in their 3rd round qualifying encounter at Anfield on [[28 August]] [[2007]].

Kuyt scored two penalties against [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] in the [[Merseyside derby]] to give Liverpool the edge and win 2-1.

Despite his promising first season and start to his second, Kuyt failed to score in 13 games for Liverpool, before netting against [[Barnsley FC| Barnsley]] in the fifth round of the [[FA Cup]].

However on [[19 February]] [[2008]], Kuyt scored the first goal in the first leg of the round of 16 of the [[UEFA Champions League 2007-08|2007-08 Champions League]] against favourites [[Inter Milan]]. The end result was 2-0 for Liverpool on a dramatic European night with [[Steven Gerrard]] scoring the second.

Kuyt has been recently employed as a right winger, setting up two of [[Fernando Torres]]'s goals against [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]] in March 2008. He has adapted to this new, less goal-demanding role quite well and soon regained his overall form, playing himself into the starting XI again after putting on various vital team performances. On [[2 April]] [[2008]], Kuyt scored an equalising goal against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] at the Emirates stadium.

On [[April 22]] [[2008]], in the first leg of the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] all-English semi-final against [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] at [[Anfield]], Kuyt scored the opening goal just before half time, making the most of a mistake from Chelsea's [[Claude Makelele]] then putting through the legs of Chelsea keeper [[Petr Čech]]. However, Liverpool went on to draw the match 1-1 with [[John Arne Riise]] scoring a late own goal. In the second leg at [[Stamford Bridge]], Chelsea advanced to the [[2008 UEFA Champions League Final|first all-English Champions League final]]

Dirk Kuyt scored a late extra time goal against Standard Liège in the 2008-09 Champions League Q3 return match to put Liverpool through to the group stages of the competition. In his next game, a 2-1 win in the [[Premier League]] against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], he got the assist in countryman [[Ryan Babel]]'s winning goal.

==International career==
[[Image:Kuijt Oranje 2.jpg|thumb|left|115px|Kuyt playing for the Netherlands]]
When [[Marco van Basten]] took over as coach of the [[Netherlands national football team|Dutch national team]] he dropped many established players, including strikers [[Roy Makaay]] and [[Patrick Kluivert]]. Kuyt was to benefit as in September 2004 he made his international debut in Van Basten's first game against [[Liechtenstein national football team|Liechtenstein]]. He has been a permanent fixture in the Dutch squad ever since, making the starting line-up for eleven of the Netherlands' twelve [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2006 World Cup qualification]] matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/international?id=11189&league=fifa.world&season=2006&cc=5739 |title=2006 World Cup Game Log |work=Profile on ESPNsoccernet |accessdate=August 30 |accessyear=2006}}</ref>

===2006 World Cup===
At the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]], Kuyt found himself relegated to the substitutes bench. Although he made an appearance as a 69th minute replacement in the first game against [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|Serbia and Montenegro]], he sat the entire second game out. With the team already qualified for the next round Van Basten decided to rest many of his first choice players for the final group game against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4853328.stm |title=Holland 0-0 Argentina |work=Match report on BBC Sport |accessdate=August 30 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> and Kuyt was handed a start in the right wing position.

For the Netherlands' Round of 16 tie against [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], Kuyt was given a surprise start ahead of star-striker [[Ruud van Nistelrooy]]. However, Kuyt did not have a successful game and the Netherlands eventually lost 1&ndash;0 in a game that was more reputable for its record breaking disciplinary record (4 red cards and 16 yellow cards).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991538.stm |title=Portugal 1-0 Holland |work=Match report on BBC Sport |accessdate=August 30 |accessyear=2006}}</ref>

[[Image:Kuyt Huntelaar.jpg|thumb|145px|Kuyt (left) with [[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar]] in a training prior to Euro 2008.]]
===Euro 2008===
Kuyt was selected for the Dutch squad for [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]]. On [[June 9]], he played in their opening [[UEFA Euro 2008 Group C|Group C]] match, a 3-0 victory over [[2006 FIFA World Cup Final|World Champions]] [[Italy national football team|Italy]], assisting in two goals, his most notable act being the header that provided the link between [[Giovanni van Bronckhorst]]'s crossfield pass and [[Wesley Sneijder]]'s goal to make it 2-0 on 31 minutes. On [[June 13]], Kuyt contributed in his team's second next game of Group C, a 4-1 victory over [[2006 FIFA World Cup Final|World Cup finalists]] [[France national football team|France]] by opening the scoring with an 9th minute header from a corner, <ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/netherlands/7451438.stm |title=Netherlands 4-1 France |work=Match report on BBC Sport |accessdate=June 14 |accessyear=2008}}</ref> <ref>[http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/matches/match=300694/report=rp.html Netherlands vs France match report]</ref> taking his tally of international goals to 8.

===International goals===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || [[October 9]], [[2004]] || [[Skopje City Stadium]], [[Skopje]], [[FYR Macedonia]] || {{fb|MKD}} || 2&ndash;1 || 2&ndash;2 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 2. || [[June 4]], [[2005]] || [[De Kuip]], [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]] || {{fb|ROU}} || 2&ndash;0 || 2&ndash;0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 3. || [[June 8]], [[2005]] || [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] || {{fb|FIN}} || 0&ndash;2 || 0&ndash;4 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 4. || [[March 1]], [[2006]] || [[Amsterdam ArenA]], [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]] || {{fb|ECU}} || 1&ndash;0 || 1&ndash;0 || [[Friendly]]
|-
| 5. || [[September 6]], [[2006]] || [[Philips Stadion]], [[Eindhoven]], [[Netherlands]] || {{fb|BLR}} || 3&ndash;0 || 3&ndash;0 || [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying]]
|-
| 6. || [[August 22]], [[2007]] || [[Stade de Genève]], [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] || {{fb|SUI}} || 2&ndash;1 || 2&ndash;1 || [[Friendly]]
|-
| 7. || [[May 24]], [[2008]] || [[De Kuip]], [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]] || {{fb|UKR}} || 1&ndash;0 || 3&ndash;0 || [[Friendly]]
|-
| 8. || [[June 13]], [[2008]] || [[Stade de Suisse]], [[Bern]], [[Switzerland]] || {{fb|FRA}} || 1&ndash;0 || 4&ndash;1 || [[UEFA Euro 2008]]
|-
|}

==Personal life==
Kuyt's wife Gertrude has found favour in the Dutch media for her down-to-earth attitude. She continued to work as a nurse in an old people's home after marrying Kuyt until their daughter, Noelle, was born. Kuyt and his wife now carry out extensive charity work off the pitch. Most notably, he and his wife set up the Dirk Kuyt Foundation to help disadvantaged children in his homeland and the Third World. One of the ways the foundation raises money is by selling DK-branded clothes.<ref name="star">{{cite web |url=http://www.sportstaronnet.com/tss2941/stories/20061014006903100.htm |title= He's a star, no doubt |accessdate=August 28|accessyear=2008}}</ref> The couple now have a son Roan, born [[11 April]], [[2007]].<ref>http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N155623070416-1303.htm</ref>

Kuyt's father died of cancer on [[29 June]] [[2007]].

==Statistics==
Correct as of [[October 1]] [[2008]]
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|+ '''<big> Club Performance</big>'''
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|{{flagicon|England}} [[FA Premier League|Premiership]]
!colspan="2"|[[FA Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Football League Cup|League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Europe]]
!colspan="2"|Others
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3" valign=top|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|[[2008-09 in English football|2008&ndash;09]]
|7||1||0||0||0||0||3||2||0||0||9||4
|-
|[[2007-08 in English football|2007&ndash;08]]
|32||3||4||1||0||0||12||7||0||0||48||11
|-
|[[2006-07 in English football|2006&ndash;07]]
|34||12||1||1||2||0||11||1||0||0||48||14
|-
! align=left style="background:beige"| Total
! align=left style="background:beige" colspan="1" |
! align=left style="background:beige"| 70
! align=left style="background:beige"| 16
! align=left style="background:beige"| 5
! align=left style="background:beige"| 2
! align=left style="background:beige"| 2
! align=left style="background:beige"| 0
! align=left style="background:beige"| 25
! align=left style="background:beige"| 9
! align=left style="background:beige"| 0
! align=left style="background:beige"| 0
! align=left style="background:beige"| 103
! align=left style="background:beige"| 28
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Eredivisie]]
!colspan="2"|[[KNVB Cup|Dutch Cup]]
!colspan="2"|-
!colspan="2"|[[Europe]]
!colspan="2"|[[Eredivisie#European competition|Play-offs]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3" valign=top|[[Feyenoord Rotterdam|Feyenoord]]
|2005&ndash;06
|33||22||1||0||-||-||2||1||2||2||38||25
|-
|2004&ndash;05
|34||'''29'''||3||4||-||-||7||3||-||-||44||36
|-
|2003&ndash;04
|34||20||2||1||-||-||4||1||-||-||40||22
|-
! align=left style="background:beige"| Total
! align=left style="background:beige" colspan="1" |
! align=left style="background:beige"| 101
! align=left style="background:beige"| 71
! align=left style="background:beige"| 6
! align=left style="background:beige"| 5
! align=left style="background:beige"| -
! align=left style="background:beige"| -
! align=left style="background:beige"| 13
! align=left style="background:beige"| 5
! align=left style="background:beige"| 2
! align=left style="background:beige"| 2
! align=left style="background:beige"| 122
! align=left style="background:beige"| 83
|-
|rowspan="5" valign=top|[[FC Utrecht]]
|2002&ndash;03
|34||20||4||2||-||-||2||1||-||-||40||23
|-
|2001&ndash;02
|34||7||3||3||-||-||4||1||-||-||41||11
|-
|2000&ndash;01
|32||13||5||3||-||-||0||0||-||-||37||16
|-
|1999&ndash;00
|32||6||4||4||-||-||0||0||-||-||36||10
|-
|1998&ndash;99
|28||5||2||1||-||-||0||0||-||-||30||6
|-
! align=left style="background:beige"| Total
! align=left style="background:beige" colspan="1" |
! align=left style="background:beige"| 160
! align=left style="background:beige"| 51
! align=left style="background:beige"| 18
! align=left style="background:beige"| 13
! align=left style="background:beige"| -
! align=left style="background:beige"| -
! align=left style="background:beige"| 6
! align=left style="background:beige"| 2
! align=left style="background:beige"| -
! align=left style="background:beige"| -
! align=left style="background:beige"| 184
! align=left style="background:beige"| 66
|-
! align=left style="background:beige"| Overall Total
! align=left style="background:beige" colspan="1" |
! align=left style="background:beige"| 331
! align=left style="background:beige"| 138
! align=left style="background:beige"| 29
! align=left style="background:beige"| 20
! align=left style="background:beige"| 2
! align=left style="background:beige"| 0
! align=left style="background:beige"| 44
! align=left style="background:beige"| 16
! align=left style="background:beige"| 2
! align=left style="background:beige"| 2
! align=left style="background:beige"| 408
! align=left style="background:beige"| 176
|-
|}

==Career honours==
;{{flagicon|NED}} FC Utrecht
*Winner
**2002&ndash;03 [[KNVB Cup|Dutch Cup]]

*Runner up
**2001&ndash;02 Dutch Cup

;{{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool FC
*Runner-up
**2006&ndash;07 [[UEFA Champions League]]

;{{flagicon|NED}} [[Eredivisie]]
*Winner Golden Shoe
**2003 & 2006
* Topscorer
**2004-05

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.dacorbacon.org/Bulletins/2005/October/October%20Bulletin.htm Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired memorial notice]
* [http://www.thisisanfield.com/players/kuyt Thisisanfield.com player profile]
*[http://wpik.org/Src/US_telegram_1969_jun.html 1969 Confidential assessment of West Irian situation for Washington]
{{commons2|Dirk Kuijt}}
*[http://www.antenna.nl/wvi/eng/ic/pki/kadane/lydman.html Interview with Jack Lydman]
*{{FIFA player|217313}}
*[http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/squad/kuyt/ Official Liverpool profile]
*[http://www.dirkkuytfoundation.com/ The Dirk Kuyt Foundation - official website]
*[http://www.frfc1908.nl/tributes.php Official Dirk Kuyt Tribute] at frfc1908.nl
* [http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=1162 LFChistory.net player profile]
*{{soccerbase|id=36524|name=Dirk Kuyt}}
* {{wvo|459}}

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years=2005 &ndash; 2006|
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before={{flagicon|ROM}} [[Cristian Chivu]]|
title=[[Dutch Footballer of the Year|Dutch Golden Shoe Winner]]|
years=2003|
after={{flagicon|BRA}} [[Maxwell Cabelino Andrade|Maxwell]]||
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{{Netherlands Squad 2006 World Cup}}
{{Netherlands Squad 2008 Euro Cup}}
{{Liverpool F.C. squad}}

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Jack Wilson Lydman (1914-2005) was an actor, Foreign Service Officer, and United States Ambassador to Malaysia (1969-1974).

After work with the Surry Players at the Mercury Theatre in New York he join the US Army Air Forces during World War II becoming a division chief in the Strategic Bombing Survey of the War Department. He married and joined the Department of State in 1946 as a research assistant becoming chief of the Far East political section then deputy director of the Office of Intelligence Research. Commissioned as a Foreign Service Officer in 1955 he was posted as deputy director of the Research Center of the South East Asia Treaty Organization to Bangkok. In 1958 he was assigned to Surabaya with responsibility for Portuguese Timor until appointed counselor for economic affairs to Jakarta (Indonesia) in 1960. After attending the Senior Seminar in 1961-1962, he appointed deputy chief of mission to Canberra (Australia) 1963. He returned to Jakarta in 1965 as DCM with the personal rank of minister. In 1969 President Nixon appointed him as Ambassador to Malaysia serving in Kuala Lumpur until he retired in 1974.

Jack Lydman participated in planning the 1942 Doolittle Raid air raid on Japan but is best known for giving repeated testimony concerning the CIA provision of names to General Suharto's forces during 1965, and for his 1969 review of Indonesian administration of West New Guinea (then called West Irian) which was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and published by George Washington University in 2004.

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