Jack de Heer

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Garth Dick ("Jack") de Heer (born 17 May 1953) is a former professional ice hockey player. He was a Dutch international who spent most of his career in the Eredivisie. He was born in Lethbridge.

Canadian of Dutch descent, de Heer spent his first five seasons in Holland with Tilburg Trappers, averaging nearly four points a game. In 1976 he joined the Heerenveen Flyers where he spent the next four seasons. A regular Dutch national team member, highlights of his international career included being top scorer and name tourament top forward at the 1978 World Ice Hockey Championships Pool C, top scorer at the 1979 World Ice Hockey Championships Pool B, and scoring a hat-trick against Poland at the Lake Placid Olympics.

In 1980, de Heer joined EHC Arosa of the Swiss Nationalliga A league. In 1982 he returned to Dutch club hockey, rejoining the Flyers until retiring in 1984.

de Heer was a forward who shoot left.