Ajax' Honorary Members

Floris Stempel

Born on : 1877-01-18

Han Dade

Born on : 1878-02-09
Died on : 1940-12-15

Chris Holst

Born on : 1883-10-11
Died on : 1945-05-16
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Lou van der Vliet

Born on : 1883-10-06
Died on : 1960-02-20
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Hermann Stallmann

Born on : 1883-06-11
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Karel van der Lee

Born on : 1891-06-21
Died on : 1962-03-09
Appointed : 1913
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Henk Alofs

Born on : 1890-08-09
Died on : 1948-10-04
Appointed : 1913
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Frans Schoevaart

Born on : 1884-07-27
Died on : 1955-03-07
Appointed : 1918
Frans Schoevaart was at least from 1905 playing for Ajax and participates in a large part in Ajax' rise to the national top. During the first period in the first division there were some problems between a part of the first team squad and Frans Schoevaart, who was not happy with the performance and the results. Ultimately Ajax relegated after three seasons to the second division and Frans Schoevaart, together with goalkeeper Gerard Ziegeler and Joop Pelser, Joop van Dort, Frits Terwee and Theo Brokmann Sr. belonged to a small group of players that stayed loyal to Ajax. Frans Schoevaart remained to be a member of the squad for two seasons after the relegation and afterwards made sporadic appearances in friendly matches. Frans Schoevaart was able to play in various positions, saw himself as a central striker, but mostly played as back with his brother Jan Schoevaart often on the position of Spil. Perhaps because he often played with his brother he we often referred to with his nickname “Swift”. Frans Schoevaart was also active for Ajax outside of pitch, initially mostly as committee member, and he was rewarded for all his efforts by becoming a honorary member at the start of season 1918-19. At the end of the 20ies and beginning of the 30ies Frans Schoevaart was ythe president of Ajax. Currently we have Frans Schoevaart at 59 official matches for Ajax in our archive, but this should be significantly more because we only have limited information for the seasons Ajax was appearing in the second division. It could even be the case he belongs to the club of 100, but as the second divisions were only playing with groups of 7, 8 or 9 teams there were not many official matches each season.
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Jan Grootmeijer

Born on : 1887-06-25
Died on : 1957-10-09
Jan Grootmeijer was in the period 1910-1920 a forward playing for Ajax. Before that he played for VVV (from Amsterdam). He was mainly a rightwinger and was one of the starting squad the year Ajax promoted to the first division and the first period in the first division, when he formed Ajax' attack with players like Piet van den Broecke, Henk Alofs and Louis Seylhouwer. After the relegation to the second division Jan Grootmeijer remained with Ajax. Not only on the pitch, but he also became secretary shortly thereafter. He became one of Ajax' faces for this period. Even after Ajax promoted to the first division for the second time Jan Grootmeijer still played the occassional match for this first squad for a number of seasons. Probably this was due to the fact he was normally traveling with the team and was prepared to jump in when this was necessary at a last moments notice. Jan Grootmeijer became a honory member of Ajax.
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Jan Oudheusden

Born on : 1884-06-28
Died on : 1946-05-09
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Willem Egeman

Born on : 1873-03-11
Died on : 1957-12-02
Appointed : 1911

Jan Schoevaart

Born on : 1888-12-10
Jan Schoevaart was before Ajax' first promotion to the first division and during the first period in the first division a fixture as Spil. He played amongst others with Adriaan Pelser and Gé Fortgens on the midfield and his brother Frans Schoevaart as back.
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Marius Koolhaas

Born on : 1887-05-03
Died on : 1975-11-05
Appointed : 1926

Daan Roodenburgh

Born on : 1886-07-23
Died on : 1972-02-04
Appointed : 1935

Theo Brokmann Sr.

Born on : 1893-09-19
Appointed : 1932
Theo Brokmann Sr. came from Steeds Voorwaarts to join Ajax at the start of season 1913-14, the last season in the First Division West before Ajax relegated to the second division. He remained loyal to Ajax after the relegation while many playes left and ultimately stayed with Ajax, mostly as central striker, until season 1924-25. He scored a very impressive 128 goals in 218 official matches (and our archive does not even include all second division matches) and played an important role in Ajax& promotion the First Division West and the first championships. Later his son Theo Brokmann Jr. also had a successful period for Ajax 1.
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F.H.W. de Bruijn

Jan de Boer

Born on : 1898-08-29
Died on : 1988-07-01
Appointed : 1942
Jan de Boer joined the Ajax youth when he was 13 and in season 1920-21 he defended the Ajax 1 goal for the first time. Jan de Boer was a well regardded goalkeeper, became an international, although he only played few matches and was mostly the second choice goalkeeper for the Dutch national squad. During a period of 13 seasons Jan de Boer is probably the best goalkeeper that Ajax had, still Jan de Boer only played 195 official matches for Ajax 1. This was mainly because Jan de Boer had problems with the regulations that in his eyes allowed fieldplayers to attack the goalkeepers too much. He was injured because of such attacks several times, but also withdrew as goalkeeper of Ajax 1 several times (causing Jan van Heeswijk and Jan Bonneveld to play several matches as goalkeepers during this period as well) only to return each time Ajax asked him.
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Frans Couton

Born on : 1895-08-07
Died on : 1972-01-13
Frans Couton came to Ajax from DEC when he was 21 at the start of season 1916-17 and stayed with Ajax for the remainder of his active carreer, which went on until season 1927-28. He formed a longtime defensive partnership with Fons Pelser at first with goalkeeper Jan Smit and later with Jan de Boer. At the later part of his carreer he was faced with injuries, but when able he was still called into action, as he played 6 of the 8 matches in the champions competition in season 1926-27, next to Dolf van Kol. During his long active carreer at Ajax Frans Couton was part of the second promotion of Ajax to the first division, the first Dutch Cup win, and the first two domestic championships.
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Dolf Desmit

Wim Anderiesen Sr.

Born on : 1903-11-17
Died on : 1944-07-18
Appointed : 1940
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Wim Volkers

Born on : 1899-03-10
Died on : 1990-01-04
Wim “De Mug” Volkers played from season 1923-24 13 seasons at Ajax, he played 265 official matches en scored 127 goals. Because of his long player carreer he played together with many famous Ajax players, he for example started in a squad with also the borthers Joop and Fons Pelser and Theo Brokmann Sr. and played together with amongst others Piet van Reenen, Henk Blomvliet and Henk Mulders in his last season. Wim Volkers mainly played right in the attack both as a winger and as the right most central attacker. After his playing career Wim Volkers was also Ajax' treasurer, president and headcoach.
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Jan Elzenga

Born on : 1897-07-31
Died on : 1963-08-24
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Roef Vunderink

Born on : 1902-08-02
Died on : 1985-08-21
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Kick Geudeker

Born on : 1901-01-21
Died on : 1977-11-14
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Gerard de Jongh

Born on : 1893-07-10
Died on : 1988-12-28

Jack Reynolds

Born on : 1881-09-23
Died on : 1962-11-08
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Ferry Dukker

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Arie de Wit Sr.

Wim Bruijnesteijn

Jan Westrik

Appointed : 1975

Jaap van Praag

Born on : 1910-07-10
Died on : 1987-08-07
Appointed : 1975

André Kraan

Appointed : 1975

Henk Timman

Died on : 2008-08-17
Appointed : 1975

Jaap Hordijk

Appointed : 1975
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Tinus Middendorp

Appointed : 1988

Jan Potharst

Born on : 1918-01-04
Died on : 2008-09-06
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Wim Schoevaart

Born on : 1918-03-24
Died on : 2013-01-01

Michael van Praag

Born on : 1947-09-28

Uri Coronel

Born on : 1946-12-24
Died on : 2016-07-18

Arie van Os

Hennie Henrichs

Born on : 1954-03-07

Johan Cruijff

Born on : 1947-04-25
Died on : 2016-03-24
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Rinus Michels

Born on : 1928-02-09
Died on : 2005-03-03
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Bobby Haarms

Born on : 1934-03-08
Died on : 2009-06-06
Appointed : 2000
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Rob Been

Appointed : 2002

Piet Keizer

Born on : 1943-06-14
Died on : 2017-02-10
Appointed : 2010
Piet Keizer zegt later zijn erelidmaatschap op uit onvrede over de gang van zaken bij Ajax en omdat hij niet meer in een adem genoemd wil worden met sommige andere ereleden van Ajax.
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Sjaak Swart

Born on : 1938-07-03
Appointed : 2010
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Tijn. Middendorp

Appointed : 2017

Hans Bijvank

Appointed : 2018

Jan Buskermolen

Appointed : 2021

Joop Pelser

Born on : 1892-03-17
Died on : 1974-07-27
Joop Pelser werd na afloop van de tweede wereldoorlog wegens zijn collaboratie geroyeerd als lid van Ajax, waarbij hem ook het erelidmaatschap werd afgenomen.
Joop Pelser was active for Ajax from season 1910-11 until 1923-24, and from season 1912-13 onwards he was a regular player, mostly on the midfield, and longtime captain of Ajax. Joop Pelser came to Ajax with his three brothers Adriaan, Jan and Fons because of the merger with Holland. After first Jan (as goalkeeper) and Adriaan played for Ajax 1, also Joop and later Fons, made their appearance. Joop played many matches as spil with Frits Terwee and Henk Hordijk on the midfield and his brother Fons and Frans Couton as backs. Besides being active as a player, Joop was also a member of the board, as he was already during his active playing career active as commissioner and 2nd secretary.
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