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]