Dick Tol

Career Born in Volendam as the son of well-to-do fishmonger, Kees Tol, Dick Tol began playing for FC Volendam after World War II.

After three years playing in the Eredivisie, Tol and Volendam relegated back to the Eerste Divisie in 1964. In the 1966–67 season, Tol became the top goalscorer of the second-tier for the second time in his career with 32 goals. Volendam won the championship and promoted, but Tol decided to retire from football. He made a total of 276 league goals during his career which meant that he scored in 83% of his appearances, making him the club topscorer of Volendam. In the Eredivisie, he scored 76 goals in 101 appearances.

Later life and death After his playing career, Tol coached amateur club OSV from Oostzaan. Later, he was a coordinator of the FC Volendam coaches as well as a youth coach at the club. He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 1973, and died at the age of 39 in the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis hospital in Amsterdam due to complications shortly after receiving colon surgery.