Henk Bodewes (21 January 1944 – 26 July 2004) was a Dutch football manager who is last known to have managed Cape Town Spurs.

Henk Bodewes
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-01-21)21 January 1954
Place of birth Netherlands
Date of death 26 July 2004(2004-07-26) (aged 50)
Place of death Netherlands
Managerial career
Years Team
1981-1982 VV Actief [nl]
1982-1986 VV Appingedam [nl]
1986-1990 Veendam
1991-1997 VV Appingedam [nl]
1997-1998 Veendam
1999 SVBO [nl]
2000 Cape Town Spurs

Career

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In 1999, Bodewes was appointed manager of Dutch tenth division side SVBO [nl] after working in Kenya.[1]

In 2000, he was appointed manager of South African top flight club Cape Town Spurs, where he said, ¨"You come across things here like township boys who come to training hungry. We will give them sandwiches and milk beforehand, and vegetables and fruit afterward.¨[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Henk Bodewes en de veel te vroege dood; de hartelijke, vriendelijke tiran". grootgroningen.com.
  2. ^ "Pionieren onder de Tafelberg". volkskrant.nl. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020.