Jan Albers (born 27 March 1952 in Veldhoven) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played for the Dutch Men's National Field Hockey Squad, EMHC, HC Tilburg and HC Klein Zwitserland.
When Albers reached the age of 17 he went to play for EMHC in Eindhoven, where he played for five years in the first team and formed a very successful combination with famous hockey player Paul Esmeyer (who later married Git Weijtens, one of the best hockey players the game has ever had).
After that he played for a period of two years for HC Tilburg and was selected for the Dutch National Team.
In 1976 Albers went to the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where the Dutch team finished fourth.
[citation needed] Since October 2006 Jan Albers has been chairman of the Dutch National Field Hockey organization the 'KNHB'.