Fons Pelser

Fons Pelser

Pelser wearing the Ajax kit
Personal information
Full name Alphonsus Johannes Maria Pelser
Date of birth (1893-12-28)28 December 1893
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 3 July 1974(1974-07-03) (aged 80)
Playing position Right back
Youth career
1908–1913 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1913–1926 Ajax 192 (12)
National team
1921–1922 Netherlands 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Alphonsus Johannes Maria Pelser, known as Fons Pelser, (28 December 1893 – 3 July 1974) was a Dutch footballer.

Career

Pelser played for Ajax as a right back, making his senior debut in 1913.[1] He also appeared for the Dutch national side on six occasions.[2]

Pelser suddenly retired from football in 1926, leaving Ajax Football Club until being appointed a Member of Merit in 1938.[1]

Personal life

His brothers Jan, Adriaan and Joop were also all footballers for Ajax, as was his nephew Harry.[3] Fons was the youngest of the four brothers.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Fons Pelser" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax official website. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  2. "Netherlands - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  3. Arthur de Boer (13 March 2000). "Een held valt in ongenade" (in Dutch). Het Parool. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
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