Rolf Leeser

Rolf Leeser
	Leeser in May 1954
Personal information
Date of birth	4 June 1929
Place of birth	Essen, Germany
Date of death	21 March 2018 (aged 88)
Youth career
c. 1941 - ?	Ajax Youth Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team
1948 - 1954	AFC Ajax
	* 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 2 3 "Oud-Ajacied Rolf Leeser overleden" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
↑ "Ontwerper huidige Ajaxlogo Rolf Leeser overleden". Ajax Life (in Dutch). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
1 2 "Oud-speler en ontwerper Ajaxlogo Rolf Leeser overleden". Het Parool (in Dutch). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
1 2 "Carlen Ellen Cohen". New York Times. 29 January 1984. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

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[ajaxobit-1] 1 2 3 "Oud-Ajacied Rolf Leeser overleden" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

[2] "Ontwerper huidige Ajaxlogo Rolf Leeser overleden". Ajax Life (in Dutch). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

[hpobit-3] 1 2 "Oud-speler en ontwerper Ajaxlogo Rolf Leeser overleden". Het Parool (in Dutch). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

[nyt-4] 1 2 "Carlen Ellen Cohen". New York Times. 29 January 1984. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

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