About Eddy Hamel
Eddy Hamel (October 21, 1902 – April 30, 1943) was an American soccer player who played as a right winger for Dutch club AFC Ajax. Hamel was the first Jewish player for Ajax. He was murdered by the Nazis in 1943 in Auschwitz concentration camp. == Background == Hamel was born in New York City, New York to Moses Hamel, a diamond polisher, and his wife Eva. They were Jewish immigrants from the Netherlands, who had arrived in the US in 1901. They moved back to Amsterdam with Hamel when he was six months old, in 1903. In 1928, Hamel married Johanna Wijnberg, and in 1938 they had twin boys, Paul and Robert. == Soccer career == As a youth, he played for Amsterdamsche FC (AFC). He played for AFC Ajax from 1922 until 1930. He appeared in 125 matches as a right winger, and scoring 8 goals.
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