Lothar van Gogh

Lothar van Gogh ((1888 -02-07)7 February 1888(1945-05-28)28 May 1945) was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward. He was part of the Netherlands national team, playing two matches and scoring two goals. He played his first match on 14 April 1907.[1]

Lothar van Gogh
Netherlands national football team in 1907. Van Gogh is seated right.
Personal information
Date of birth (1888 -02-07)7 February 1888
Place of birth Sukabumi, Dutch East Indies
Date of death 28 May 1945(1945-05-28) (aged 57)
Place of death Cimahi, Dutch East Indies
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1914 HFC Haarlem
International career
1907 Netherlands 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Van Gogh was the son of Jeanette Louise Vos (1854–1906) and Johannes van Gogh (1854–1913), a coffee grower on Java who was a full cousin of Vincent van Gogh.

A civilian colonial administrator in the Dutch East Indies before capture by the occupying Japanese in World War II, Van Gogh died in one of the Japanese internment camps in Cimahi on Java. He was buried in the Dutch War Cemetery at Leuwigajah at Cimahi.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Totaal Interlands" [Total Interlands] (in Dutch). voetbalstats.nl. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. "Lothar van Gogh". Oorlogsgravenstichting. Retrieved 15 March 2021.


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