Henri Baaij

Henri Baaij
Personal information
Date of birth	19 September 1900
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	31 May 1943 (aged 42)
Place of death	Tamarkan, Siam
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1920–1923	HFC Haarlem
International career
1921	Netherlands
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henri Baaij (or Baay; 19 September 1900 – 31 May 1943) was a Dutch footballer who played for HFC Haarlem. He was part of the Netherlands national team, playing two matches in 1921.^[1]

Baaij served as a soldaat in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army during the Second World War.^[2] He died aged 42 as a prisoner on the Burma Railway on 31 May 1943 and is buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Henri Baaij". eufootball.info. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Casualty Details: Henri Baaij". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Henri Baaij". Oorlogsgravenstichting. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "De oorlogsslachtoffers in het voetbal van 31 mei". Voetbalmonument (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 August 2021.

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