Dick Been

{{Short description|Dutch footballer (1914–1978)}}

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| name = Dick Been

| image = Dick Been.png

| caption =

| fullname = Dirk Been

| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|12|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|5|20|1914|12|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

| height =

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1936–1941 | clubs1 = Ajax| caps1 = 57 |goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1942–1945 | clubs2 = Hamburger SV | caps2 = 28 |goals2 = 0

| nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 =

| nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =

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Dirk Been (28 December 1914 – 20 May 1978) was a Dutch football defender who was a non-playing squad member for the Netherlands in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=5/teams/team=43960.html 1938 FIFA World Cup France] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013153105/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D5/teams/team%3D43960.html |date=October 13, 2011 }}

Club career

He played for hometown side Ajax, but during the Second World War he was forced to work in Germany. There, as a wartime Guest Player, he played for Hamburger SVDrentsch Dagblad, Dec 31, 1943; and: Prüß/Irle, Tore, Punkte, Spieler. Die komplette HSV-Statistik. Göttingen 2008[http://www.spiegel.de/einestages/phantom-der-fussballgeschichte-a-946646.html Die Bomben-Mannschaft] - Spiegel {{in lang|de}}

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