Henri Dirickx

{{short description|Belgian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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|name = Henri Dirickx

|image = Collectie Fotocollectiie Afdrukken ANEFO Rousel, fotonummer 157-1131, Bestanddeelnr 157-1131.jpg

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|caption = Diricx with the Belgian team (1956)

|birth_date = 7 July 1927

|birth_place = Duffel, Belgium

|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|6|26|1927|7|7|df=y}}

|death_place = Jette, Belgium

|position = Defender

|years1 = 1951–1962

|clubs1 = Union Saint-Gilloise

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|years2 = 1962–1967

|clubs2 = Racing Jette

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|years3 = 1967–1969

|clubs3 = Ixelles

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|nationalyears1 = 1952–1960

|nationalteam1 = Belgium

|nationalcaps1 = 30

|nationalgoals1 = 1

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Henri Dirickx (also spelt Ditricx; 7 July 1927 – 26 June 2018) was a Belgian international footballer, who played as a defender. Dirickx was the last surviving member of Belgium's 1954 World Cup squad.

Career

Born in Duffel, Dirickx played club football for Union Saint-Gilloise, Racing Jette and Ixelles. He earned a total of 30 caps for Belgium between 1952 and 1960,{{NFT player|pid=25810|accessdate=24 September 2018}} and participated at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.{{FIFA player|48599}} Dirickx died on 26 June 2018, eleven days shy of his 91st birthday.{{cite web |language=nl |url=http://www.rusg.brussels/article/rip-henri-diricx/nl |title=RIP HENRI "RIE" DITRICX |publisher=RUSG Brussels |website=www.rusg.brussels |date=2018 |accessdate=19 February 2019 |archive-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219093822/http://www.rusg.brussels/article/rip-henri-diricx/nl |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/deces-a-90-ans-d-henri-diricx-ancien-diable-et-defenseur-de-l-union-saint-gilloise-9963769|title=Décès à 90 ans d'Henri Diricx, ancien Diable et défenseur de l'Union Saint-Gilloise|website=RTBF}}

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