Piet Tekelenburg ((1894-11-06)6 November 1894 – (1945-04-01)1 April 1945) was a Dutch footballer. He was part of the Netherlands national team, playing two matches. He played his first match on 9 June 1919.[2]

Piet Tekelenburg
Tekelenburg in 1919
Personal information
Full name Pieter Tekelenburg
Date of birth (1894-11-06)6 November 1894
Place of birth Haarlem, Netherlands
Date of death 1 April 1945(1945-04-01) (aged 50)
Place of death Pangkal Pinang, Dutch East Indies
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
HFC Haarlem
International career
1919 Netherlands 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tekelenburg became a physician. Since 1927 he worked in the Dutch East Indies as a medical officer at the KNIL.[3]

At the age of 50, he died in a Japanese-run internment camp and was buried in Dutch War Cemetery Leuwigajah in Cimahi, West Java.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Militairen met Pieter Tekelenburg". Noord-Hollands Archief. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Totaal Interlands" [Total Interlands] (in Dutch). voetbalstats.nl. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Pieter Tekelenburg". Oorlogsgravenstichting. Retrieved 26 February 2021.