Lloyd Doesburg (29 April 1960 – 7 June 1989) was a Surinamese

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goalkeeper. During his career he served Elinkwijk, Vitesse,

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and

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. He died at the age of 29, when on 7 June 1989 he was killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in

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Club career

Doesburg lived in

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and played his first professional football matches for Elinkwijk where he played until 1981. After this he was transferred to Vitesse where he played a total of five seasons before joining

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. From August 1987 he was purchased by

to become their second goalkeeper behind

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after

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left the club. In total he would play five matches in the first team of Ajax.

Personal life and death

He was invited by Sonny Hasnoe, the founder of the

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to be part of the team and travel to Suriname to play in the "Boxel Kleurrijk Tournament" with three Surinamese teams. Team mates

and Henny Meijer were told to stay with their club, but ignored these demands and went as well, but both took an earlier flight. The Surinam Airways Flight PY764 crashed during approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport, killing 176 of the 187 on board, including Doesburg,'Een klap, en toen geschreeuw'
- AD making it the worst ever aviation disaster in Suriname's history. Among the dead were a total of 15 members of the Colourful 11, only three of them survived. Doesburg's funeral was on 22 June 1989 and the complete Ajax squad of these days were present, including Menzo, Meijer,

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and

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who carried the coffin.

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