Ton van den Hurk

Antonius "Ton" van den Hurk (3 March 1933 – 6 April 2021) was a Dutch footballer who played as a defender.^[1]

Ton van den Hurk

Van den Hurk in 1961
Personal information
Full name	Antonius van den Hurk
Date of birth	(1933-03-03)3 March 1933
Place of birth	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Date of death	8 April 2021(2021-04-08) (aged 88)
Place of death	Weert, Netherlands
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Defender
Youth career
	FC Eindhoven
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1954	FC Eindhoven
1954	SC Venlo'54	11	(1)
1954–1962	FC VVV	248	(4)
1962–1963	Sittardia
1963–1964	Panningen
1964–1965	FC VVV	21	(0)
1965–1968	Panningen
International career
1950–1951	Netherlands U-19	13	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

Born in Eindhoven, van den Hurk started his career at local club FC Eindhoven. However, he moved to the newly founded professional side Sportclub Venlo '54 in 1954 after experiencing a lack of playing time. After Venlo'54 merged with amateur club VVV-Venlo, he scored FC VVV's first ever professional league goal from the penalty spot on 28 November 1954 away against Ajax. He later won the 1958–59 KNVB Cup with the club.^[2]

After relegation from the Eredivisie in 1962, he was sold to Sittardia, but left them in 1963 for amateur club SV Panningen, only to return to VVV for one more season. He played his last game for them in April 1965 against FC Volendam.^[3]

International

He earned 13 caps for the Netherlands national under-19 team between 1950 and 1951.^[4]

Managerial career

Van den Hurk coached at amateur sides Belfeldia, SV Blerick, Wittenhorst and VV Swalmen.