Cor van der Hart

Cor van der Hart (25 January 1928 – 12 December 2006) was a Dutch footballer. He is known as one of the best defenders of the Dutch national team in history, who was physically strong, who read the game very well and who had a quality kicking technique.[2]

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Hart, not Hart.

Cor van der Hart
Personal information
Full name Cor van der Hart[1]
Date of birth (1928-01-25)25 January 1928
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 12 December 2006(2006-12-12) (aged 78)
Place of death Netherlands
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1946 Ajax Amsterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1950 Ajax[1] 55 (1)
1950–1954 Lille[1] 114 (5)
1954–1966 Fortuna '54[1] 331 (14)
Total 500 (20)
National team
1955–1961 Netherlands[1] 44 (2)
Teams managed
1966–1971 Holland Sport
1971–1973 AZ
1973–1974 The Netherlands (assistant)
1974–1976 Standard de Liège
1976–1977 Fortuna Sittard
1977–1978 AZ
1978–1980 FC Amsterdam
1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1980–1981 MVV
1981–1983 ADO Den Haag
1983–1984 FC Volendam
1984/85–1987 Ajax (assistant)
1987–1988 Telstar
1988–1989 WAC Casablanca
1989–1990 Sarıyer
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Van der Hart was born in Amsterdam and as a youngster he tried out for the famous youth academy of Ajax Amsterdam. He attended a young talent day held at the club and out of 300 players only two were chosen to represent the club: Van der Hart and Rinus Michels. He made his Ajax debut in 1947 and won the Eredivisie title in the same year.[2]

Cor van der Hart in 1966

After Faas Wilkes, Van der Hart was the third Dutch player to move abroad to become a professional footballer as more players decided it was time to leave the country and make a job out of their hobby.[3] Van der Hart moved to France to play for Lille OSC.[2][3] The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) suspended all players that left the country to play professionally abroad, including Van der Hart.[3]

Van der Hart was one of the players to play the Watersnoodwedstrijd of 12 March 1953,[2] a match played in the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris to raise money for the victims of the North Sea flood of 1953.[4] In 2003, Van der Hart told Dutch public broadcaster NOS that players such as himself and Bram Appel, Theo Timmermans, Bertus de Harder and Kees Rijvers had heard of the flood over the radio and realised their country was in a state of panic.[4] While the KNVB, which still did not want to be connected to the professionals in any way, forbade the match, it went ahead after a personal intervention from Prince Bernhard.[5][3] 8,000 Dutch fans travelled to Paris to attend the fixture and saw their team beat a strong French team 2–1. The match played a crucial role in introducing professional football in the Netherlands;[5] In 90 minutes, the players showed the spectators how much further players could improve when they played the sport professionally.[3] Only 17 months later, the first professional match in the Netherlands was played.[3]

When professional football started in the Netherlands, Van der Hart returned to his native country to play for Fortuna '54, which at the time was one of the dominant teams in the country.[2] With Fortuna '54, Van der Hart won the KNVB Cup in 1957.[2] Fortuna '54 also finished second in the Eredivisie behind Ajax.[6]

In 1955, Van der Hart made his debut for the Dutch national team in a match versus Denmark.[6] He would go on to earn 44 caps for "Oranje", 26 of which as captain. He scored two international goals.[2] One of the most memorable international matches Van der Hart was a part of was a 1–2 away win versus World Champions West Germany in 1956.[6] He played his last international match in 1961.[7]

Coaching career
Cor van der Hart as a coach in 1972

After his playing career, Van der Hart became a football manager, starting at Holland Sport in 1966.[6] He also managed AZ '67, Standard Liège, Fortuna Sittard, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, FC Amsterdam, MVV, FC Den Haag, FC Volendam, Telstar, WAC Casablanca, the Ajax youth academy (from 1985) and Sariyerspor.[2][8] In 1973, he was added to the staff of the Dutch national team as an assistant manager alongside Frantisek Fadrhonc.[2] During the 1974 FIFA World Cup, he was the assistant of Rinus Michels as the Dutch national team lost the final to Germany.[2][6] In 1978, he won the Dutch Cup (KNVB-Cup) with AZ '67, (a 1–0 victory over Ajax) while finishing third in the Dutch league. In 1980 he coached Fort Lauderdale to the NASL's American Conference title, and a runner-up finish in Soccer Bowl '80.

Later life

In 1999 Van der Hart wore the orange shirt one more time, when he was selected to the so-called "Oranje of the Century team".[2]

Van der Hart died on 12 December 2006 at the age of 78. Ajax played with black arm bands in Van der Hart's memory in their UEFA Cup 2006-07 tie against Zulte Waregem.[6]

Van der Hart's grandson Mickey is a goalkeeper who attended the Ajax youth academy and plays for Polish Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań.

Statistics
Netherlands national football team statistics
first team starts44Played minutes3892European Qualification0European Championships0
Wins22Team captain26World Cup Qualification5World Cup Championships0
Draws8Penalties2Sub in0Summer Olympics0
Losts14Own goals1Sub out2Friendly matches39
Goals2Yellow cards0Red cards0Mini World Cup0
Date Match – Match Score Type GS in out Y R
13 March 1955 Netherlands Denmark1–1Friendly0XX00
3 April 1955 Netherlands Belgium1–0Friendly0XX00
1 May 1955 Ireland Netherlands1–0Friendly0XX00
19 May 1955 Netherlands Switzerland4–1Friendly0XX00
16 October 1955 Netherlands Belgium2–2Friendly0XX00
6 November 1955 Netherlands Norway3–0Friendly0XX00
16 November 1955 Saarland Netherlands1–2Friendly1XX00
14 March 1956 Germany Netherlands1–2Friendly(og)XX00
8 April 1956 Belgium Netherlands0–1Friendly0XX00
10 May 1956 Netherlands Ireland1–4Friendly0XX00
6 June 1956 Netherlands Saarland3–2Friendly0XX00
15 September 1956 Switzerland Netherlands2–3Friendly0XX00
14 October 1956 Belgium Netherlands2–3Friendly0XX00
4 November 1956 Denmark Netherlands2–2Friendly0XX00
30 January 1957 Spain Netherlands5–1Friendly0XX00
20 March 1957 Netherlands Luxembourg4–1WC Qualification0XX00
4 April 1957 Netherlands Germany1–2Friendly0XX00
28 April 1957 Netherlands Belgium1–1Friendly0XX00
26 May 1957 Austria Netherlands3–2WC Qualification0XX00
11 September 1957 Luxembourg Netherlands2–5WC Qualification0XX00
25 September 1957 Netherlands Austria1–1WC Qualification0XX00
17 November 1957 Netherlands Belgium5–2Friendly0X68'00
13 April 1958 Belgium Netherlands2–7Friendly0XX00
23 April 1958 Netherlands Curaçao8–1Friendly0XX00
4 May 1958 Netherlands Turkey1–2Friendly0XX00
28 September 1958 Belgium Netherlands2–3Friendly1XX00
15 October 1958 Netherlands Denmark5–1Friendly0XX00
2 November 1958 Netherlands Switzerland2–0Friendly0XX00
19 April 1959 Netherlands Belgium2–0Friendly0XX00
10 May 1959 Turkey Netherlands0–0Friendly0XX00
13 May 1959 Bulgaria Netherlands3–2Friendly0XX00
27 May 1959 Netherlands Scotland1–2Friendly0XX00
4 October 1959 Netherlands Belgium9–1Friendly0XX00
21 October 1956 Germany Netherlands7–0Friendly(og)XX00
4 November 1959 Netherlands Norway7–1Friendly0XX00
18 May 1960 Switzerland Netherlands3–1Friendly0XX00
26 June 1960 Mexico Netherlands3–1Friendly0XX00
29 June 1960 Netherlands Antilles Netherlands0–0Friendly0XX00
3 July 1960 Suriname Netherlands3–4Friendly0X46'00
2 October 1960 Belgium Netherlands1–4Friendly0XX00
30 October 1960 Czechoslovakia Netherlands4–0Friendly0XX00
22 March 1961 Netherlands Belgium6–2Friendly0XX00
19 April 1961 Netherlands Mexico1–2Friendly0XX00
30 April 1961 Netherlands Hungary0–3WC Qualification0XX00

References
  1. "Cor van der Hart". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  2. Cor van der Hart overleden Archived 15 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine, nos.nl
  3. Cor van der Hart en de Watersnood, nu.nl
  4. Een sentimenteel feest van herkenning, nos.nl
  5. "Watersnoodwedstrijd leidt profvoetbal in". knvb.nl (in Dutch). 22 March 2016.
  6. Cor van der Hart overleden, nu.nl
  7. Cor van der Hart interlands Archived 27 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine, voetbalstats.nl
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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