Henrich Daniël (Han) Dade (9 February 1878 – 15 December 1940) was a Dutch sports director. He was one of the three founders of the
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
club
Ajax Amsterdam, along with
Floris Stempel
Floris Stempel (January 18, 1877 – January~March, 1910) was the first chairman ever in the history of football club Ajax Amsterdam.
Career
Floris was born in Amsterdam and in 1877 created the first version of Ajax as a football club along w ...
and
Carel Reeser, and was also
chairman of the club from 1910 to 1912.
Personal life
Born 9 February 1878 in
Nieuwer-Amstel
Amstelveen () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands with a population of 92.353 as of 2022. It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area.
The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the historical villages o ...
, the oldest son of
shipwright Hartwig Nicolaas Dade and Geertje Orthmann. Dade attended the
Hogere Burgerschool on the Weteringschans, and was later employed as an officer for the
Koninklijke PTT Nederland. He got married on 20 April 1905 to Geertruida Willemina Robaard (1871–1931) and in 1910 had his first son, Harrie Dade. After his wife Geertruida died in 1932, he remarried to Henny van Lith.
In 1940 he died in
Castricum at 62 years of age.
Club career
As a student, Dade founded a football club called ''Union'', along with some fellow students, in 1893. They quickly changed the name to Football Club Ajax or FC Ajax, the club which ultimately became the forerunner for what was to become the officially registered football club
AFC Ajax
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the l ...
(Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax) in 1900. Han Dade and his brother Johan both played for Ajax in the beginning years but are mostly known for their managerial functions within the club.
Han Dade served two terms as vice-chairman of the club, first from its foundation in 1900 until 1903, and then from 1914 until 1923. He served as the chairman himself from 1910 until 1912.
See also
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AFC Ajax
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the l ...
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History of AFC Ajax
AFC Ajax is one of the most successful clubs in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax is the most successful club in the Netherlands, with 36 Eredivisie titles and 20 KNVB Cups.
Ajax is historically one of the most successful clubs in the world; ...
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Floris Stempel
Floris Stempel (January 18, 1877 – January~March, 1910) was the first chairman ever in the history of football club Ajax Amsterdam.
Career
Floris was born in Amsterdam and in 1877 created the first version of Ajax as a football club along w ...
References
External links
Ajax, a brief history...at FIFA.com
1878 births
1940 deaths
Footballers from Amsterdam
Sportspeople from Amstelveen
Dutch footballers
AFC Ajax players
AFC Ajax chairmen and investors
Association footballers not categorized by position
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