Frans Alfred Meeng
Indonesian footballer
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Frans Alfred Meeng (18 January 1910 – 18 September 1944) was an Indonesian football midfielder who played for the Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[1] He also played for SVVB Batavia.
Date of birth
18 January 1910
Place of birth
Dutch East Indies
Date of death
18 September 1944 (aged 34)
Position
Midfielder
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 January 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Dutch East Indies | ||
| Date of death | 18 September 1944 (aged 34) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| SVVB Batavia | |||
| International career | |||
| Dutch East Indies | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A corporal in the Netherlands Marine Corps in World War II who became a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese, he died along with thousands of others when the Japanese cargo ship Jun'yō Maru sank after being torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Tradewind.[2][3][4]
