Jan Bens
Jan Bens (* 1921 in Rotterdam , Netherlands ; † May 12, 2012 ) was a Dutch soccer player and soccer coach .
Life
Bens came to Feyenoord Rotterdam as a teenager and played a game as a youth player in 1937 on the occasion of the opening ceremony of De Kuip . Some time later he became a first team player. He played 76 championship games and scored 25 goals by the late 1940s.
On December 6, 1942 Bens received a first player Feyenoord's sending-off , the special was the fact that he of his own team captain was dismissed. During a game against Ajax Amsterdam he was awarded a penalty , but Ajax goalkeeper Gerrit Keizer refused to give the ball, which Ben Keizer attacked. Feyenoord captain Bas Paauwe then ran to Bens and sent him off for unsportsmanlike conduct.
In the 1960s he worked for a time as a football coach and was the first coach of the 1964 founded club SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden until 1966 . After he was again the coach of SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden between 1968 and 1970, he was in charge of the Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging club as coach between 1970 and 1972 as the successor to Rinus Gosens , who replaced him again in 1972 as coach.
Bens, who had been a member of the club for almost 80 years, was the oldest living player to have played in the Feyenoord Rotterdam First Team at the time of his death.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bens, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 2012 |