Elisa Hendrik "Beb" Bakhuys (16 April 1909 – 7 July 1982) was a Dutch

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player and

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Club career

Bakhuys made his senior debut for HBS on 27 September 1925 against

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and scored 36 goals in 44 matches for them. He joined Zwolsche AC and had a spell with THOR in his native

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while working for the Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij in

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. He returned to ZAC and later HBS. In 1937 he controversially moved to VVV.Beb Bakhuys, van volksheld tot paria
- Trouw He became the second Dutch player to play outside of the country when he signed as a professional for

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in 1937, in a move which ended his international career. The first Dutch national to play abroad was

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Gerrit Keizer. Bakhuys was famous for his diving headers. During the

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he was forced to work in

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. Throughout his both spells at ZAC, Bakhuys scored 147 goals, in 99 games.

International career

Bakhuys scored 28 goals in 23 games for the Dutch national side. He represented the Netherlands at the

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