Alphonsus Johannes Maria Pelser, known as Fons Pelser, (28 December 1893 – 3 July 1974) 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...

 footballer

Career

Pelser played for Ajax as a right back

Defender (association football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

, making his senior debut in 1913. He also appeared for the Dutch national side

Netherlands national football team

The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...

 on six occasions.

Pelser suddenly retired from football in 1926, leaving Ajax Football Club until being appointed a Member of Merit in 1938.

Personal life

His brothers Jan, Adriaan and Joop

Joop Pelser

Joop Pelser was a Dutch footballer who played for Ajax.His brothers Jan, Adriaan and Fons were also all footballers for Ajax, as was his son Harry. Another son, also named Jan, joined the Waffen-SS during World War II, and Pelser, his wife, and three sons all joined the Nationaal-Socialistische...

 were also all footballers for Ajax, as was his nephew Harry. Fons was the youngest of the four brothers.