Hans Croon

Hans Croon
Personal information
Date of birth25 May 1936
Place of birthMalang, Dutch East Indies
Date of death5 February 1985 (aged 48)
Place of deathRotterdam, Netherlands
Teams managed
YearsTeam
1957-1959DWS
1959-1963SVV
1963-1969HVC
1969–1972FC Volendam
1972–1974K.S.V. Waregem
1974–1975Lierse S.K.
1975–1976R.S.C. Anderlecht
1976–1978NEC
1978–1979VVV-Venlo
1979–1981K.S.V. Waregem
1981-1982K. Beringen F.C.
1982–1983Lierse S.K.

Hans Croon (25 May 1936 – 5 February 1985) was a Dutch football manager who won the 1976 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final with R.S.C. Anderlecht.

As well as Anderlecht, Croon coached in the Netherlands and Belgium with DWS, VER, HVC, FC Volendam, K.S.V. Waregem, Lierse S.K. and NEC.[1] His Anderlecht side won the 1976 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with a 4–2 victory over West Ham United on 5 May 1976 at Heysel Stadium in Brussels.[2] He moved to NEC Nijmegen, and coached the team until 1979.

He died in February 1985 at the age of 48 following a car crash.

References

  1. http://www.necfan.nl/oudnecers.php?id=198
  2. "1975/76: Anderlecht win six-goal thriller". UEFA. 2001-08-17. Archived from the original on 2005-11-25. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
Preceded by
Valeri Lobanovsky
Cup Winners' Cup Winning Coach
1975–76
Succeeded by
Kuno Klötzer