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Dutch footballer and actor

Hans Boskamp
Boskamp in 1970
Personal information
Full name Johannes Hendricus Gerardus Hölscher
Date of birth (1932-05-07)7 May 1932
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 21 March 2011(2011-03-21) (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

Club

Rotterdam-born Hölscher moved with his family to Amsterdam at 10 years of age and joined Ajax under his father's stage name Boskamp. He played his first match for the club on 26 March 1950 and his final one on 27 May 1954. He then became a professional with BVC Amsterdam and played his final seasons for DWS.

International

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.

Entertainment career

After retiring as a footballer, Boskamp worked at the Amsterdam stock exchange and later became a singer and actor. 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. He also provided the Dutch dub of Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch.

Later life and death

Boskamp died of a stroke on 21 March 2011, at the age of 78.

References

  1. Hans Boskamp - Koninklijke HFC (in Dutch)
  2. Oud-Ajacied Hans Boskamp overleden Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine - Ajaxlife (in Dutch)
  3. "Voormalig international Hans Boskamp (78) overleden" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  4. National team stats - Voetbalstats
  5. Hans Boskamp at IMDb
  6. Allesdoener Hans Boskamp had veel talenten - AD (in Dutch)
  7. "Ajax staat stil bij overlijden Boskamp". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 22 March 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.

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