Henri Baaij | |
Birth Date: | 19 September 1900 |
Birth Place: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Death Place: | Tamarkan, Siam |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1920–1923 |
Clubs1: | HFC Haarlem |
Nationalyears1: | 1921 |
Nationalteam1: | Netherlands |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Henri Baaij (or Baay; 19 September 1900 – 31 May 1943) was a Dutch footballer who played for HFC Haarlem. He was part of the Netherlands national team, playing two matches in 1921.[1]
Baaij served as a soldaat in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army during the Second World War. He died aged 42 as a prisoner on the Burma Railway on 31 May 1943 and is buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.[2] [3]