Dick Helling
{{short description|Dutch footballer}}
{{for|the Welsh rugby player|Dick Hellings}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
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|caption = Helling whilst with Ajax.
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|9|22|df=y}}
|birth_place = Zaandam, Netherlands
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|12|30|1950|9|22|df=y}}
|death_place = Krommenie, Netherlands
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|position = Midfielder
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|years1 = 1968–1971
|clubs1 = ZFC
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|years2 = 1971–1975
|clubs2 = Telstar
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|years3 = 1975–1977
|clubs3 = Ajax
|caps3 = 21
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 1976
|clubs4 = → Telstar (loan)
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|years5 = 1977–1985
|clubs5 = Volendam
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|clubs6 = Always Forward
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Dick Helling (22 September 1950 – 30 December 2018) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Early and personal life
Helling was born in Zaandam into a middle-class family; he was the middle child of three.
Career
Helling began his career with ZFC, moving to Telstar in August 1971.{{cite web|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010848860:mpeg21:a0190|title=ZFC houdt uitverkoop|date=20 August 1971|accessdate=2 January 2019|language=Dutch|publisher=De Volkskrant}} He played for them until 1975.{{cite web|url=http://www.sctelstar.nl/uncategorized/in-memoriam-dick-helling/|title=In memoriam: Dick Helling|accessdate=2 January 2019|language=Dutch|publisher=SC Telstar}} He next played for Ajax.{{cite web|url=https://www.ajax.nl/streams/actueel/oud-ajacied-dick-helling-68-overleden.htm|title=Oud-Ajacied Dick Helling (68) overleden|date=31 December 2018|accessdate=2 January 2019|language=Dutch|publisher=AFC Ajax}} Whilst at Ajax in 1975 he famously missed a penalty in a European Cup match against Levski-Spartak, resulting in Ajax's elimination from the competition. He made 29 appearances for Ajax – 21 in the league, 3 in the Cup, and 5 times in Europe. He returned to Telstar for a loan spell in 1976. He then spent 8 seasons with Volendam, for whom he scored 48 goals in 218 games in all competitions.{{cite web|url=https://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/cnt/dmf20181230_88159861/oud-voetballer-dick-helling-68-overleden-video|title=Oud-voetballer Dick Helling (68) overleden [video]|date=30 December 2018|accessdate=31 December 2018|language=Dutch|publisher=Noordhollands Dagblad}}{{cite web|url=https://fcvolendam.nl/nieuws/in-memoriam-dick-helling/|title=In memoriam: Dick Helling|date=30 December 2018|accessdate=31 December 2018|language=Dutch|publisher=FC Volendam}} At Volendam he was part of the team which won promotion in May 1983. He ended his career with amateur side Always Forward.
Later life and death
References
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Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Footballers from Zaanstad
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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