Frans Derks
{{Short description|Dutch football referee and sports executive (1930–2020)}}
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| image = Feijenoord tegen Ajax 1-1 scheidsrechter Frans Derks ,, Bestanddeelnr 928-8866 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Derks in 1976
| name = Frans Derks
| fullname = Frans Derks
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|11|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vaals, Netherlands
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|09|25|1930|11|01|df=y}}
| death_place = Breda, Netherlands
| otheroccupation = Chairman (FC Dordrecht, Brevok)
| years1 = 1956–1978
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| role1 = Referee
| years2 = 1967-1978
| league2 = Eredivisie
| role2 = Referee
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Frans Derks (1 November 1930 – 25 September 2020) was a Dutch football referee and sports executive.
Early years
Born in 1930 in Vaals, Limburg, Derks went to boarding school and studied mechanical engineering in Zürich. After graduation, he became crisis manager and director at a cleaning company. He also was a quizmaster, singer (he recorded a song with Willem van Hanegem) and writer.[https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/09/25/ijdel-eigenzinnig-en-populair-a4013679 IJdel, eigenzinnig en populair (bio)] - NRC {{in lang|nl}}
Refereeing career
Active from the 1950s through the 1970s, Derks was a flamboyant and outspoken referee, known for wearing tight shorts during matches. He was much appreciated by Dutch players for not stopping matches too much and not showing many cards, cheekily declaring he had no space left in his shorts for cards. He claimed never to have refereed a match won by a German team, a promise he had made to his late father.[https://www.parool.nl/sport/flamboyante-frans-derks-1930-2020-deed-alles-op-z-n-frans~be7eea34/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.nl%2F Flamboyante Frans Derks (1930-2020) deed alles op z’n Frans] - Het Parool {{in lang|nl}}
Sports executive
Derks was chairman of football club FC Dordrecht from 1995 until 2003[https://fcdordrecht.nl/2020/09/26/oud-voorzitter-frans-derks-overleden/ Oud voorzitter Frans Derks overleden] - FC Dordrecht {{in lang|nl}} and he was member of the board at NAC Breda. He was also chairman of volleyball club Brevok between 1978 and 1994.[https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/3265513/frans-derks-89-overleden-oud-scheidsrechter-was-vooral-bekend-door-zijn-te-krappe-broekje Frans Derks (89) overleden: oud-scheidsrechter was vooral bekend door zijn te krappe broekje] - Omroep Brabant {{in lang|nl}}
He was named Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2009 for all he did for football in the Netherlands.[https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/flamboyante-frans-derks-deed-alles-op-z-n-frans~afeb5f48/ Flamboyante Frans Derks deed alles op z’n Frans] - AD {{in lang|nl}}
Derks died after a short illness in Breda in September 2020.[https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/1159086073/voormalig-scheidsrechter-frans-derks-89-overleden Voormalig scheidsrechter Frans Derks (89) overleden] - Telegraaf {{in lang|nl}}
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Category:Dutch football referees
Category:Dutch football chairmen and investors