Gidi Jacobs

Egidius Simon "Gidi" Jacobs (15 January 1935 – 2 September 2016)

In 1955, he joined Feyenoord's second squad.

Hermes DVS and DVV Fluks In 1957, Jacobs continued his player career at Schiedam-side Hermes DVS in the Eerste Divisie. Hermes had acquired Jacobs from Feyenoord for 10,000 guilders. On 26 December 1957, he scored the second and third goal in the 4–0 victory of Hermes over DVV Delft in the 1957–58 KNVB Cup.

In 1959, he left HDVS for the Dordrecht-side DVV Fluks in the Tweede Klasse.

Managerial career In 1964, Jacobs obtained his Football Trainer C certification. In April 1970, as he was wrapping up his trainership at Zwaluwen, Jacobs loudly disagreed with a decision made by a linesman.

Sleeuwijk, TOGR and ASWH Jacobs moved on to coach VV Sleeuwijk for two years, ending in a relegation from the Derde to the Vierde Klasse. He then coached TOGR in the Vierde Klasse.

In 1979, Jacobs briefly served as ASWH's first board member in charge of technical affairs. ASWH played in the Tweede Klasse at that time.

Personal Jacobs was born in Rotterdam on 15 January 1935. His parental home was in the Tarwewijk. after which he served in the military as a fitness trainer for the Royal Netherlands Air Force. In the 1960s, Jacobs lived in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. Jacobs died in Apeldoorn on 2 September 2016.