Henri Baaij

{{Short description|Dutch footballer (1900–1943)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

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|name = Henri Baaij

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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|09|19|df=y}}

|birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|05|31|1900|09|19|df=y}}

|death_place = Tamarkan, Siam

|position = Defender

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|years1 = 1920–1923

|clubs1 = HFC Haarlem

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|nationalyears1 = 1921

|nationalteam1 = Netherlands

|nationalcaps1 = 2

|nationalgoals1 = 0

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Henri Baaij (or Baay; 19 September 1900 – 31 May 1943) was a Dutch footballer who played for HFC Haarlem. He was part of the Netherlands national team, playing two matches in 1921.{{Cite web |title=Henri Baaij |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=987 |website=eufootball.info |accessdate=12 August 2021}}

Baaij served as a soldaat in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army during the Second World War.{{CWGC|id=7511601|name=Henri Baaij|access-date=12 August 2021}} He died aged 42 as a prisoner on the Burma Railway on 31 May 1943 and is buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.{{Cite web |title=Henri Baaij |url=https://www.oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/5153/henri-baaij |access-date=13 August 2021 |website=Oorlogsgravenstichting}}{{Cite web |title=De oorlogsslachtoffers in het voetbal van 31 mei |url=https://voetbalmonument.nl/de-oorlogsslachtoffers-in-het-voetbal-van-31-mei/ |access-date=16 August 2021 |website=Voetbalmonument |language=Dutch}}