Rolf Leeser
{{short description|German-born Dutch footballer}}
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|birth_place = Essen, Germany
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|years1 = 1948 - 1954
|clubs1 = AFC Ajax
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Rolf Leeser (4 June 1929 – 21 March 2018) was a German-born footballer who played for Ajax in the Netherlands from 1948 to 1954.
Biography
Leeser, born in Essen on 4 June 1929, was of Jewish descent.{{cite news|title=Ontwerper huidige Ajaxlogo Rolf Leeser overleden|url=https://www.ajaxlife.nl/updates/ontwerper-huidige-ajaxlogo-rolf-leeser-overleden|accessdate=22 March 2018|work=Ajax Life|date=21 March 2018|language=nl}} He joined the Ajax youth academy at the age of 12, and made his first professional appearance for the club on 19 September 1948. Leeser became a regular during the 1951–52 season, and continued to play until April 1954, scoring six goals in 34 total appearances for the club over the course of his career.{{cite news|title=Oud-Ajacied Rolf Leeser overleden|url=http://www.ajax.nl/streams/actueel/oud-ajacied-rolf-leeser-overleden-.htm|accessdate=21 March 2018|publisher=AFC Ajax|date=21 March 2018|language=nl}}{{cite news|title=Oud-speler en ontwerper Ajaxlogo Rolf Leeser overleden|url=https://www.parool.nl/sport/oud-speler-en-ontwerper-ajaxlogo-rolf-leeser-overleden~a4582877/|accessdate=21 March 2018|work=Het Parool|date=21 March 2018|language=nl}}
Outside of football, Leeser was a fashion designer. He founded Leeser B.V., a women's fashion chain,{{cite news|title=Carlen Ellen Cohen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/29/style/carlen-ellen-cohen.html|accessdate=22 March 2018|work=New York Times|date=29 January 1984}} and contributed to the redesign of the Ajax logo, which has been in use since 1990. He died on 21 March 2018, aged 88. Lesser was married to jurist Anita B. Leeser-Gassan.
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Category:Footballers from Essen
Category:Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the Netherlands
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Dutch fashion designers
Category:Dutch people of German-Jewish descent
Category:Dutch company founders
Category:Jewish fashion designers
Category:German fashion designers
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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