Cor Brom
Dutch footballer and manager
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Cor Brom (27 August 1932 – 29 October 2008) was a Dutch football player and manager.
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Brom in 1979 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cornelis Brom | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Date of death | 29 October 2008 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Zwarte Schapen | |||
| VSV | |||
| Limburgia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Telstar | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1969–1972 | Vitesse | ||
| 1972–1976 | Fortuna SC | ||
| 1976–1978 | Sparta | ||
| 1978–1979 | Ajax | ||
| 1979–1981 | Thor Waterschei | ||
| 1981–1982 | RWD Molenbeek | ||
| 1982–1984 | FC Zwolle | ||
| 1984–1985 | SSW Innsbruck | ||
| 1985 | MVV | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
During his playing career, Brom played as a midfielder with Zwarte Schapen, VSV, Limburgia and Telstar.[2]
Managerial career
After retiring as a player, Brom managed Vitesse Arnhem from 1969 to 1972, Fortuna SC from 1972 to 1976,[3][4] Sparta Rotterdam from 1976 to 1978,[5] Ajax from 1978 to 1979,[6][7] RWD Molenbeek from 1981 to 1982,[8] and FC Zwolle from 1982 to 1984.
He was dismissed by Ajax's new chairman Ton Harmsen in 1979 after allegedly taking payments and gifts (a horse and the meat of a whole pig), meant for the players, from an amateur side who played Ajax in pre-season.[9]
Later life and death
Brom died in Amsterdam on 29 October 2008, of Parkinson's disease.[10]