Jaap Valkhoff
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Jacobus Valkhoff (Rotterdam
, 16 August 1910 - Hoek van Holland
, 3 July 1992) was a Dutch
musician, composer and text writer.
His most famous text he wrote in 1961 on demand of Johnny Hoes called "Hand in hand kameraden" (Hand in hand comrades). The melody used was already 70 years old (composed by Wilhelm Speidel) and the text was used to promote several Dutch football teams such as Ajax Amsterdam
and Feyenoord Rotterdam
. Hoes sung the song for all clubs at first, but eventually only the Feyenoord edition stayed alive, in fact the song became their official club hymn.
In 1991 at the age of 81 he died in a car accident in Hoek van Holland
. In 1998 a statue of him was built, which is located at the corner of the Schilderstraat and the Schiedamsedijk in Rotterdam. The statue was made visible for the world by alderman Hans Kombrink.
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, 16 August 1910 - Hoek van Holland
Hoek van Holland
The Hook of Holland , also known in English as the Hook, is a town in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is situated on the North Sea coast, on the north bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg ship canal. The town is administered by the municipality of Rotterdam as a district of that city...
, 3 July 1992) was a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
musician, composer and text writer.
His most famous text he wrote in 1961 on demand of Johnny Hoes called "Hand in hand kameraden" (Hand in hand comrades). The melody used was already 70 years old (composed by Wilhelm Speidel) and the text was used to promote several Dutch football teams such as Ajax Amsterdam
Ajax Amsterdam
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...
and Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...
. Hoes sung the song for all clubs at first, but eventually only the Feyenoord edition stayed alive, in fact the song became their official club hymn.
In 1991 at the age of 81 he died in a car accident in Hoek van Holland
Hoek van Holland
The Hook of Holland , also known in English as the Hook, is a town in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is situated on the North Sea coast, on the north bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg ship canal. The town is administered by the municipality of Rotterdam as a district of that city...
. In 1998 a statue of him was built, which is located at the corner of the Schilderstraat and the Schiedamsedijk in Rotterdam. The statue was made visible for the world by alderman Hans Kombrink.