Gert Bals

Born in Utrecht, Bals played for local side RUC and Velox before joining SV Zeist when they entered at the start of the professional era in Holland. After a spell at 't Gooi, he moved to PSV for whom he would play 120 matches winning the 1963 league title and later Ajax whom he joined for a fee of 72 thousand guilders. He played 216 official matches for Ajax after making his debut for them in August 1965 and won 4 league titles with the club. He won the Dutch Footballer of the Year Award in 1969. He finished his career at Vitesse after losing Ajax´ number one jersey to Heinz Stuy in 1970.

After retiring as a player, Bals owned a sportshop in Velp and later a tobacco shop in Veenendaal. He died in May 2016.