Rudy Degenaar

Football player infobox
playername= Rudy Degenaar
fullname = Ruud Degenaar
nickname =


dateofbirth = August 21, 1963
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dateofdeath = death date and age|1989|6|7|1963|8|21
cityofdeath = Zanderij Airport, Paramaribo
countryofdeath = Suriname
position = Defender
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years = 1984-1989
clubs = Heracles Almelo
caps(goals) = 106 (13)

Ruud "Rudy" Degenaar (born August 21, 1963 - died June 7, 1989 near Zanderij Airport) was a Dutch-Suriname footballer. During his career he served Heracles Almelo. He died at the age of 25, when on June 7, 1989 he was killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in Paramaribo. His father Dolf Degenaar, was also a professional footballer.

He was invited by Sonny Hasnoe, the founder of the Colourful 11 to be part of the team and travel to Suriname to play in the "Boxel Kleurrijk Tournament" with three Surinamese teams. The Surinam Airways Flight PY764 crashed during approach to Zanderij International Airport, killing 176 of the 187 on-board, including Degenaar and his girlfriend Hedwig Wolthuis, making it the worst ever aviation disaster in Suriname's history. Among the deads were a total of 15 members of the Colourful 11, only three of them survived.

References

* [http://www.androknel.nl/elftal/degenaar/index.htm Degenaar at AndroKnel.nl] nl
* [http://www.ajax-usa.com/history/fifteen-years/1989/june-1989.html Crash report]
* Iwan Tol: Eindbesteming Zanderij; het vergeten verhaal van het Kleurrijk Elftal (ISBN 9020403664) nl