Henri Dirickx (also spelt Ditricx; 7 July 1927 – 26 June 2018) was a Belgian international

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

, who played as a defender. Dirickx was the last surviving member of Belgium's 1954 World Cup squad.

Career

Born in

Duffel Duffel () is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Duffel proper. On 1 January 2020, Duffel had a total population of 17,664. The total area is 22.71 km² which gives a population den ...

, Dirickx played club football for

Union Saint-Gilloise Royale Union Saint-Gilloise , abbreviated to Union SG or USG, unofficially simply called Union, is a Belgian football club originally located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, in Brussels, although since the 1920s it has been based at the Jo ...

, Racing Jette and

Ixelles (French, ) or ( Dutch, ), is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located to the south-east of Brussels' city centre, it is geographically bisected by the City of Brussels. It is also bordered by the munic ...

. He earned a total of 30 caps for

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between 1952 and 1960, and participated at the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzer ...

. Dirickx died on 26 June 2018, eleven days shy of his 91st birthday.

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* 1927 births 2018 deaths Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's international footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football defenders Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players Wavre Sports FC players People from Duffel Footballers from Antwerp Province {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub