Dick Tol

Theodorus Maria "Dick" Tol[1] (21 August 1934 – 13 December 1973) was a Dutch footballer who spent his entire career with Volendam.

Nicknamed "De Knoest" ("The Burl"), Tol played as a striker and was the top goalscorer in the Eredivisie in the 1961–62 season, scoring 27 goals.

[1] Despite Tol being a renowned goalscorer as a youth player, exemplified by scoring 12 goals in a whopping 48–0 win over RKEDO from De Goorn, he only made his debut in the first-team of Volendam at age 21 under head coach Leen van Woerkom.

Three days before the international fixture, Tol suffered a sprained ankle in a duel with Guus Haak from ADO, which forced him to cancel.

He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 1973, and died at the age of 39 in the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis hospital in Amsterdam due to complications shortly after receiving colon surgery.