Jeu van Bun

Johannes Wijbrandus Mathias "Jeu" van Bun (10 December 1918 – 21 December 2002) was a Dutch footballer who played as a right back for MVV Maastricht and the Netherlands national team.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]

Jeu van Bun
Van Bun with MVV in 1951
Personal information
Full name Johannes Wijbrandus Mathias van Bun
Date of birth (1918-12-10)10 December 1918
Place of birth Maastricht, Netherlands
Date of death 21 December 2002(2002-12-21) (aged 84)
Place of death Maastricht, Netherlands
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1954 MVV
National team
1947–1949 Netherlands 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Van Bun played football at the highest level in the Netherlands Football League Championship for nineteen years, mainly as a right back. He played seventeen years as unpaid amateur for MVV Maastricht.[3] During his period at MVV, he gained eleven caps for the Netherlands national team between 1947 and 1949. In 1948, as a member of the national team, he took part at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he was part of the team beating Ireland 3–1 in the preliminary round.[4]

Jeu retired from football in the 1953–54 season. After his career as a football player, he was active as a football coach at various Limburg amateur clubs. His nephew, also named Jeu van Bun, played for MVV between 1956 and 1960 and also appeared for Willem II and Sparta Rotterdam.[3]

References

  1. "MVV". Historie Betaald Voetbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 December 2020. Clubicoon Jeu van Bun: Een voorbeeld sportman.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeu van Bun Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. Planthof, Sjak (26 November 2018). "Jo Toennaer corrigeert Wikipedia over Van Bun". De Limburger (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. "Opstellingen Ierland - Nederland 1-3". voetbalstats.nl. Retrieved 23 December 2020.


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