Fred Blankemeijer was a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 footballer who was active as a defender.

Club career

Blankemeijer made his professional debut at Feijenoord

Feyenoord Rotterdam

Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...

, and played a total of 28 matches for the club.

Retirement

After his career he would serve the club for many years in many occupations. He was a youth coach, a scout, a board member as well as a technical director. He was decorated Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Order of Orange-Nassau

The Order of Orange-Nassau is a military and civil order of the Netherlands which was created on 4 April 1892 by the Queen regent Emma of the Netherlands, acting on behalf of her under-age daughter Queen Wilhelmina. The Order is a chivalry order open to "everyone who have earned special merits for...

 in 2004. In June 2010 he served Feyenoord for a total of 70 years. Widely regarded as a real club icon, he died of pneumonia, aged 84, on 8 November 2010.

External links

• Fred Blankemeijer 1926-2010 – Feyenoord