21 October 1902 | Eddy Hamel was born in New York. As a teenager, he moved to #Amsterdam. 1st Jewish player of Ajax Amsterdam. He scored 8 goals in 125 league games.
After his arrest in October 1942, he was deported to Auschwitz with his wife and children. The family was murdered in gas chamber after selection. Eddy perished on 30 April 1943.
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