Rolf Leeser

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Rolf Leeser
File:Rolf Leeser (1954).jpg
Leeser in May 1954
Personal information
Date of birth (1929-06-04)4 June 1929
Place of birth Essen, Germany
Date of death 21 March 2018(2018-03-21) (aged 88)
Youth career
c. 1941 - ? Ajax Youth Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948 - 1954 AFC Ajax 34 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rolf Leeser (4 June 1929 – 21 March 2018) was a German-born footballer who played for Ajax in the Netherlands from 1948 to 1954.

Biography

Leeser, born in Essen on 4 June 1929,[1] was of Jewish descent.[2] He joined the Ajax youth academy at the age of 12, and made his first professional appearance for the club on 19 September 1948. Leeser became a regular during the 1951–52 season, and continued to play until April 1954, scoring six goals in 34 total appearances for the club over the course of his career.[1][3] Outside of football, Leeser was a fashion designer. He founded Leeser B.V., a women's fashion chain,[4] and contributed to the redesign of the Ajax logo, which has been in use since 1990. He died on 21 March 2018, aged 88.[1][3] Lesser was married to jurist Anita B. Leeser-Gassan.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Oud-Ajacied Rolf Leeser overleden" (in Nederlands). AFC Ajax. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ontwerper huidige Ajaxlogo Rolf Leeser overleden". Ajax Life (in Nederlands). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Oud-speler en ontwerper Ajaxlogo Rolf Leeser overleden". Het Parool (in Nederlands). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Carlen Ellen Cohen". New York Times. 29 January 1984. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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