Herman van RaalteHerman van Raalte was a Dutch football player.Club careerVan Raalte played for hometown club HVV Hengelo in the 1930s and 40s before joining Amsterdam side Blauw-Wit during World War II. With Blauw-Wit he lost the Netherlands [Football League">Netherlands national football team">Netherlands [Football League Championship] final. He also played for B.V.C. Amsterdam and V.V. Leeuwarden.International careerVan Raalte earned his one and only cap for the football team|Netherlands] in a November 1948 friendly match against Belgium.Retirement and deathAfter his football career, he became a textile merchant. Van Raalte died of a bacterial infection after hip surgery on 3 April 2013 at the age of 91. He was the then oldest living former Dutch international footballer.