Jur Haak

Jur Haak

Personal information
Full name	Jurrian Haak
Date of birth	(1890-11-03)3 November 1890
Place of birth	Semarang, Dutch East Indies
Date of death
Place of death	Sachsenhausen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	HFC Haarlem
International career
1912	Netherlands	2	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jur Haak ((1890-11-03)3 November 1890 – 30 January 1945(1945-01-30)) was a Dutch male footballer. He was part of the Netherlands national football team, playing 2 matches and scoring 2 goals. He played his first match on 17 November 1912.

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 at the Amsterdams Lyceum and was a co-founder of the Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam. During World War II he was a member of the resistance. He and his wife Jet van Eek were arrested. Via the Herzogenbusch concentration camp he was deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where he was killed in January 1945.

See also

• List of Dutch international footballers

References

• Verkamman, Van der Steen, Volkers (1999) De Internationals, de historie van Oranje. Amsterdam, Weekbladpers BV/Voetbal International.