Herman van Raalte (8 April 19213 April 2013) was a Dutch football player.

Club career

Van Raalte played for hometown club HVV Hengelo in the 1930s and 40s before joining Amsterdam side Blauw-Wit during World War II. With Blauw-Wit he lost the 1949–50 Netherlands Football League Championship final. He also played for B.V.C. Amsterdam and V.V. Leeuwarden.

Herman van Raalte

International career

Van Raalte earned his one and only cap for the Netherlands in a November 1948 friendly match against Belgium.

Herman van Raalte

Retirement and death

After his football career, he became a textile merchant. Van Raalte died of a bacterial infection after hip surgery on 3 April 2013 at the age of 91. He was the then oldest living former Dutch international footballer.

Herman van Raalte

References

External links

Herman van Raalte overleden - Blauw-Wit

1921 births

2013 deaths

Sportspeople from Hengelo

Men's association football goalkeepers

Dutch men's footballers

Netherlands men's international footballers

Blauw-Wit Amsterdam players

Footballers from Overijssel