Ab Gritter

Albert Jan "Ab" Gritter (22 July 1949 – 16 October 2008) was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward.

Ab Gritter

Ab Gritter against Utrecht, 1981.
Personal information
Full name	Albert Jan Gritter
Date of birth	(1949-07-22) 22 July 1949 (age 76)
Place of birth	Beilen, Netherlands
Date of death	16 October 2008(2008-10-16) (aged 59)
Position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1972	Assen
1972–1975	Groningen
1975–1982	Twente
1982–1983	Kolding
1983–1986	Heracles
Managerial career
1989–1990	Heerenveen
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Born in Beilen, he played for ACV Assen before starting his professional career in 1972 at FC Groningen. He then spent several years in FC Twente, before spending his later career in Danish club Kolding IF and back home with SC Heracles '74.^[1] Over 10 seasons in the Eredivisie, Gritter amassed 312 games and 73 goals. Outside of the Netherlands, he is best know as the overall (joint) top goalscorer of the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup.^[2]

Gritter was a coach after his playing career, lastly for amateur team VV Wacker de Wijk [nl]. He died in October 2008, only 59 years old.^[1]