Jan Louwers
{{short description|Dutch footballer and businessman}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1930|7|3|df=y}}
|birth_place = Eindhoven, Netherlands
|death_date = {{death date and age|2012|11|1|1930|7|3|df=y}}
|death_place = Eindhoven, Netherlands
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|years1 = 1949–1960
|clubs1 = FC Eindhoven
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|years2 = 1960–1963
|clubs2 = PSV
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|years3 = 1963–1966
|clubs3 = Roda JC
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|years4 = 1966–1967
|clubs4 = FC Eindhoven
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Jan Louwers (3 July 1930 – 1 November 2012) was a Dutch professional footballer and millionaire businessman.
Career
Louwers played football for FC Eindhoven, PSV and Roda JC.{{cite web|url=http://www.ed.nl/sport/fce/11965713/Eindhoven-icoon-Louwers-overleden.ece|title=Eindhovens voetbalicoon Jan Louwers (82) overleden|date=1 November 2012|language=Dutch|publisher=ed.nl}} The Jan Louwers Stadion is named after him.
After retiring in 1967 he became a wholesaler; in 1988 his company had a turnover of €80 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.eindhoven-in-beeld.nl/picture/number1416.asp|title=Jan Louwers, voetballer, ondernemer, miljoenair|date=28 September 2005|language=Dutch|publisher=eindhoven-in-beeld.nl|access-date=5 November 2012|archive-date=5 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105000036/http://www.eindhoven-in-beeld.nl/picture/number1416.asp|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:PSV Eindhoven players
Category:Roda JC Kerkrade players
Category:Footballers from Eindhoven
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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