Ger Blok

Ger Blok (16 October 1939 – 19 December 2016) was a Dutch football manager.

Managerial career Blok was born in Amsterdam and supported Blauw-Wit as a child. Before becoming a manager, he was employed as a teacher in Bilthoven. He later reflected that the team had been good enough to qualify for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, but this did not come to be. However, after half a season, he was sacked and replaced by Leo van Veen. He also coached Myanmar, between 1993 and 1996.

Later life Shortly after finishing his coaching job in Myanmar, Blok was in an accident (a fall from stairs), which caused him to become paraplegic and in need of a wheelchair.

Blok died of leukaemia at his home in 2016, he was 77 years old.