Jur Haak

Jurriaan Haak ((1891-11-03)3 November 1891 – (1945-01-30)30 January 1945) was a Dutch footballer. He was part of the Netherlands national team, playing two matches and scoring two goals. He played his first match on 17 November 1912.^[1] He had been a reserve on the national team in the 1908 Olympics in London but did not play.^[2]

Jur Haak

Haak in 1918
Personal information
Full name	Jurriaan Haak
Date of birth	(1891-11-03)3 November 1891
Place of birth	Semarang, Dutch East Indies
Date of death	30 January 1945(1945-01-30) (aged 53)
Place of death	Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Nazi Germany
Position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	HFC Haarlem
International career
1912	Netherlands	2	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Haak moved with his family from Java to Haarlem in 1904. Like his brothers Jan Haak and Albert Haak he played football for HFC Haarlem. He was also an athlete, and in September 1916 he broke the Dutch record high jump by 10 cm (from 1.69 m to 1.79 m).

After his football career he taught mathematics and physics in the Dutch East Indies and later at the Amsterdams Lyceum and was a co-founder of the Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam in 1929. During World War II, he was a member of the Dutch resistance. He and his wife Jet van Eek were arrested after search of their home revealed ration books forged for people they were sheltering. Via the Herzogenbusch concentration camp he was deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where he was killed (officially reported 'died of dysentery') in January 1945.^[3][2]

See also

• List of Dutch international footballers