Hans Posthumus (10 March 1947 – 15 February 2016) was a Dutch professional

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who played as a forward.

Career

Born in

Harderwijk Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands. It is served by the Harderwijk railway station. Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden. Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The south ...

, he played for

VVOG VVOG is a football club from Harderwijk, Netherlands. They currently participate in the Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season a ...

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Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...

Mechelen Mechelen (; ; historically known as ''Mechlin'' in EnglishMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical context. T ...

, Lierse and

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. While with Lierse, he was the top-scorer in the

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during the 1975–76 season. He retired from professional football in October 1978, at the age of 31, due to back pain.

Honours

Feyenoord *

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: 1970–71 Individual * Belgian First Division top scorer: 1975–76 (26 goals)

References

1947 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Dutch sportsmen Dutch men's footballers Footballers from Harderwijk Men's association football forwards Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Belgian Pro League players VVOG players FC Wageningen players Feyenoord players K.R.C. Mechelen players Lierse S.K. players NEC Nijmegen players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub