Franciscus Christian van der Veen (25 March 1919 – 4 May 1975) was a Dutch

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who played for the Netherlands in the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ...

.1938 FIFA World Cup France
He also played for

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

winning the Dutch championship in 1941.

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* 1919 births 1975 deaths Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Heracles Almelo players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Sportspeople from Almelo Footballers from Overijssel {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub