Luc De Rijck
Luc De Rijck (born August 18, 1965 in Lier , † April 4, 1991 in Vosselaar ) was a Belgian football player .
The striker began his career in 1983 with Lierse SK . In 1985 he moved to KFC Rita Berlaar . After a year he went to KFC Turnhout . With the club he played in the second division . In the 1990/91 season he was Turnhout's top scorer in the closing stages and there was only one point behind a promotion place when the club doctor tried to infuse his own blood and De Rijck died from an air embolism . The doctor was later sentenced to six months probation. Today the stadium in Berlaar bears his name and the Luc De Rijck Memorial tournament is held annually .
Web links
- Luc De Rijck in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ LE DECES DU JOUEUR LUC DE RIJCK DEVANT LE TRIBUNAL CORRECTIONNEL DE TURNHOUT UNE MACHINE A REOXYGENER LE SANG AU COEUR DU DEBAT lesoir.be May 7, 1993
- ↑ Bloeddoping met een dodelijke afloop nrc.nl April 8, 1991
- ^ Après le cyclisme, le foot: le dopage lesoir.be October 6, 1998
- ↑ Memorial Luc De Rijck te Berlaar fct.be May 15, 2012 ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Rijck, Luc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lier |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1991 |
| Place of death | Vosselaar |