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Eddy Hamel, American footballer (died 1943)

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Eddy Hamel

American soccer player and Holocaust victim

Eddy Hamel 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.
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October 21

Day of the year

October 21 is the 294th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 71 days remain until the end of the year.
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