Gerrit Visser (2 February 1903 – December 1984) was a Dutch

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who played as a

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in the Netherlands, the United States, and Canada. He was a member of the Netherlands football team at the

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, and earned seven

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, scoring one goal, with the

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Professional

Visser appears to have begun his professional career in the Netherlands, playing for Stormvogels in 1924. However, at some point, he moved to the United States. In 1925, he signed with

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of the American Soccer League. He saw no playing time until February 1926 when he replaced the departed

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at center forward. He then scored four goals in three games. It appears he moved to

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, Canada in 1926. He then moved to

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where he played for Holley Carburetor from 1927 until 1931. He played in the final of the 1927 National Challenge Cup, losing 0-7 to the

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Early in the second half a penalty shot by him was held by the goalkeeper.

National team

Visser earned seven

, scoring one goal, with the

. Four of those games came with the Netherlands Olympic team at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Visser, Gerrit 1903 births 1984 deaths Dutch men's footballers American Soccer League (1921–1933) players Bethlehem Steel F.C. (1907–1930) players Holley Carburetor F.C. players Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Netherlands men's international footballers Olympic footballers for the Netherlands Footballers from Amsterdam Men's association football forwards Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Canada Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United States SC Telstar players 20th-century Dutch sportsmen