Pim Bekkering | |
Birth Date: | 9 August 1931 |
Birth Place: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Death Place: | Helmond, Netherlands |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Youthclubs1: | RKAVIC |
Years1: | 1956–1957 |
Clubs1: | HVV 't Gooi |
Years2: | 1957–1966 |
Clubs2: | PSV |
Caps2: | 121 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 1 March 2014 |
Ntupdate: | 1 March 2014 |
Pim Bekkering (9 August 193125 February 2014) was a Dutch football player.
Nicknamed de Kat (the Cat), Bekkering made his professional debut for then Tweede Divisie side HVV 't Gooi in the 1956-57 season. He left them a year later for PSV for whom he would play 121 league games in 10 seasons.[1] He was replaced in the PSV goal by Gert Bals, spending a large part of his PSV career as the second goalkeeper. Between 1957 and 1967 he played 121 games for PSV with whom he became national champion in 1963,[2] after which he played with EVV until 1968. His nickname was "The Cat."
Bekkering used to work for Philips. He died in February 2014.[3]