Toon Becx
{{Short description|Dutch footballer (1920–2013)}}
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| name = Toon Becx
| image = Toon Becx (1952).jpg
| caption = Beckx in 1952
| full_name = Antonius Wilhelmus Maria Becx
| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|4|21|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|11|26|1920|4|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Netherlands
| death_place = Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
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| position = Left winger
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| years1 = 1939–1956
| clubs1 = Willem II
| caps1 = 329
| goals1 = 113
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Antonius Wilhelmus Maria "Toon" Becx (21 April 1920 − 26 November 2013) was a Dutch footballer who played for Willem II, primarily as a left winger.
Career
Known as a free-kick specialist with a fierce shot,[http://www.bd.nl/algemeen/sport/willem-ii-clubicoon-toon-becx-overleden-1.4116139 Willem II-clubicoon Toon Becx overleden] Brabants Daglad {{in lang|nl}} Becx played his entire career for Willem II, scoring 113 goals in 329 matches.[http://www.willem-ii.nl/nl-NL/Willem-II/Club/Historisch-overzicht/Toon-Becx.aspx Profile] – Willem II {{in lang|nl}} He made his debut in the 1939–40 season, won two Dutch league titles with them under Czech coach František Fadrhonc (the first Dutch professional league title in 1955) and formed a prolific strike force with Jan van Roessel and {{ill|Piet de Jong (footballer)|lt=Piet de Jong|nl|Piet de Jong (voetballer)}}.
Personal life and death
During the Second World War Becx was forced to work in Germany.
He died on 26 November 2013, aged 93, in Tilburg, North Brabant.[http://www.willem-ii.nl/nl-NL/Home/Teams/Nieuws/2013/11/27/Willem-II-Koningskind-Toon-Becx-overleden.aspx Willem II Koningskind Toon Becx overleden] {{in lang|nl}}
Honours
Willem II
References
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Category:Footballers from Tilburg
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Willem II Tilburg players
Category:Dutch World War II forced labourers
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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