Toon Meerman (13 October 1933 – March 2023) was a Dutch

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 lea ...

who played as a striker. Meerman made his professional debut at

Feijenoord Feijenoord () is a borough of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, south of the Nieuwe Maas. Feyenoord football club was formed there, but now play in the neighbouring township of IJsselmonde. It was a centre of shipbuilding in the nineteenth century, ...

and also played for

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. On 17 March 2023, it was announced that Meerman had died at the age of 89.Oud-speler Toon Meerman overleden

Honours

* First match: 6 June 1953:

- Xerxes, 2–2

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1933 births 2023 deaths Dutch men's footballers Footballers from Rotterdam Men's association football forwards Feyenoord players Excelsior Rotterdam players 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub