Hendrikus Johannes Paulus Overgoor (30 April 1944 – 23 April 2020) was a Dutch footballer who played as a left back.
He was born in
Gendringen
Gendringen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is in the municipality of Oude IJsselstreek, about southeast of Doetinchem and northwest of the German city Bocholt. It has approximately 4400 inhabitants.
In the Middle Ages, G ...
, Netherlands. He played for
Go Ahead Eagles
Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...
from 1963 to 1965 and for
De Graafschap
VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football.
It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...
from 1965 to 1979.
Club career
With De Graafschap he won the
1968–69 Tweede Divisie
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1968–69 season was contested by 18 teams. De Graafschap won the championship and would be promoted to the Eerste Divisie along with two other teams.
New entrants
Relegated from the Eerste Divisie:
* FC VVV
* Ve ...
and spent 4 years in the
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
. He played a total of 393 league and cup matches for the ''Superboeren'', which put him fourth on the club's all-time appearances table.
He was nicknamed ''De Kapper'' (The
Hairdresser
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) because he came from a hairdressing family. He scored in the heroic 5-7 defeat at
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...
in October 1973, in which he scored but also almost choked in his chewing gum only for
Guus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink (; born 8 November 1946) is a Dutch former football manager and professional player. He enjoyed a long career playing as a midfielder in his native Netherlands. Retired as player in 1982, Hiddink went into management, leading both c ...
to hit him in the back and regaining his breath.
Personal life
Overgoor died in
Amsterdam
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on 23 April 2020, at age 75, seven days short from his 76th birthday of complications from
COVID-19
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during the
COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths.
The virus reached the Netherlands on 27 February 2020, when its first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Tilburg. It involved a 56-year-old Dutchman ...
.
De Graafschap-clubheld Henk Overgoor overleden
References
1944 births
2020 deaths
People from Oude IJsselstreek
Men's association football fullbacks
Dutch footballers
Go Ahead Eagles players
De Graafschap players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Tweede Divisie players
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
Footballers from Gelderland
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