Pim Bekkering
{{Short description|Dutch footballer (1931–2014)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Pim Bekkering
| image = Pim Bekkering (1959).jpg
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|08|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|02|25|1931|08|09|df=yes}}
| death_place = Helmond, Netherlands
| height =
| currentclub =
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| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = RKAVIC
| years1 = 1956–1957
| clubs1 = HVV 't Gooi
| years2 = 1957–1966
| clubs2 = PSV
| caps2 = 121
| goals2 = 0
| manageryears1 =
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| pcupdate = 1 March 2014
| ntupdate = 1 March 2014
}}
Pim Bekkering (9 August 1931{{spaced ndash}}25 February 2014) was a Dutch football player.
Club career
Nicknamed de Kat (the Cat), Bekkering made his professional debut for then Tweede Divisie side HVV 't Gooi in the 1956-57 season. He left them a year later for PSV for whom he would play 121 league games in 10 seasons.[http://www.psv.nl/Nieuws/Nieuwspagina/Ouddoelman-Pim-Bekkering-82-overleden.htm Oud-doelman Pim Bekkering (82) overleden] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140226175104/http://www.psv.nl/Nieuws/Nieuwspagina/Ouddoelman-Pim-Bekkering-82-overleden.htm |date=2014-02-26 }} - PSV {{in lang|nl}} He was replaced in the PSV goal by Gert Bals, spending a large part of his PSV career as the second goalkeeper. Between 1957 and 1967 he played 121 games for PSV with whom he became national champion in 1963,{{cite web|access-date=30 December 2021|date=26 February 2014|website=PSV Eindhoven |title=Oud-doelman Pim Bekkering (82) overleden|url=https://www.psv.nl/nieuwspagina/artikel/ouddoelman-pim-bekkering-82-overleden.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230083735/https://www.psv.nl/nieuwspagina/artikel/ouddoelman-pim-bekkering-82-overleden.htm |archive-date=2021-12-30 |language=nl}} after which he played with EVV until 1968. His nickname was "The Cat."
Retirement and death
Bekkering used to work for Philips. He died in February 2014.[http://www.elfvoetbal.nl/nieuws/331073_voormalig-psv-doelman-bekkering-82-overleden Voormalig PSV-doelman Bekkering (82) overleden] - Elf {{in lang|nl}}