Frans Alfred Meeng (18 January 1910 – 18 September 1944) was an Indonesian football midfielder who played for the Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[1] He also played for SVVB Batavia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 January 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Dutch East Indies | ||
| Date of death | 18 September 1944 (aged 34) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| SVVB Batavia | |||
| International career | |||
| Dutch East Indies | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A corporal in the Netherlands Marine Corps in World War II who became a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese, he died along with thousands of others when the Japanese cargo ship Jun'yō Maru sank after being torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Tradewind.[2][3][4]
References
edit- ^ Copa do Mundo da FIFA França 1938 Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Sinking of the Junyo Maru. One of the largest, yet most forgotten, maritime disaster of WWII!". Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Junyo Maru – Casualties". members.iinet.net.au. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Frans Alfred Meeng". Oorlogsgravenstichting. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
External links
edit- Frans Alfred Meeng at WorldFootball.net
- Frans Alfred Meeng at National-Football-Teams.com
- Frans Alfred Meeng at FBref.com
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