Hans Boskamp

Hans Boskamp, born Johannes Hendricus Gerardus Hölscher, (7 May 1932 – 21 March 2011) was a Dutch footballer and actor.

Hans Boskamp

Boskamp in 1970
Personal information
Full name	Johannes Hendricus Gerardus Hölscher
Date of birth	(1932-05-07)7 May 1932
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	21 March 2011(2011-03-21) (aged 78)
Place of death	Dordrecht, Netherlands
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1954	Ajax
1954–1958	BVC Amsterdam
1958–1962	DWS	103	(4)
International career
1952–1954	Netherlands	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Club

Rotterdam-born Hölscher moved with his family to Amsterdam at 10 years of age and joined Ajax under his father's stage name Boskamp.^[1] He played his first match for the club on 26 March 1950 and his final one on 27 May 1954.^[2] He then became a professional with BVC Amsterdam and played his final seasons for DWS.^[3]

International

Boskamp made his debut for the Netherlands in a September 1952 friendly match against Denmark and earned a total of four caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1954 friendly match against Switzerland.^[4]

Entertainment career

After retiring as a footballer, Boskamp worked at the Amsterdam stock exchange and later became a singer and actor.^[5] He also worked for the Bovema record company and accompanied several big-name artists, among them John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their Bed-In in the Hilton Amsterdam.^[6] He also provided the Dutch dub of Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch.

Later life and death

Boskamp died of a stroke on 21 March 2011, at the age of 78.^[7]