Arnold (Nol) Hendriks (15 May 1937 – 21 October 2017) was a Dutch businessman and football executive.
5-566: Born in Renkum , he moved to Limburg with his parents when his father started working in the mines in Heerlen . He later worked in the mines himself and as a grocer and dry-cleaner, before becoming a self-made millionaire in the textile business. Hendriks got involved in the Roda JC football club in the early 1980s. He started backing the club financially and became a technical director as well as
10-546: A member of Roda's supervisory board. He even scouted players himself and his financial injections made Roda JC one of the leading clubs in Holland behind the country's traditional big three, culminating in finishing second to then Champions League holders Ajax in the 1994–95 Eredivisie season and winning the KNVB Cup twice. Hendriks was also one of the driving forces behind the club's new Parkstad Limburg Stadion , which
15-549: Is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands . The municipality had a population of 31,417 in 2021 and has a land area of 45.95 km (17.74 sq mi). Renkum is situated along the river Rhine . The municipality Renkum is part of the Stadsregio (English: City region) Arnhem-Nijmegen. The surrounding of the municipality are mainly forest and river forelands. In the forest one can find tumulus of thousand years old. Findings from these tumulus can be seen in
20-512: The Historic museum in Arnhem . Renkum is more than a thousand years old. The thousand-year anniversary was celebrated in 1970. In the early days, the name was written as Redinchem . In the 19th century Renkum developed itself. There existed six paper mills , three water-cornmills and one water-oil mill . There were two factories, a treacle factory and a potato starch-flour factory . There
25-603: Was opened in 2000. In his later years he severed ties with the club, but was still used as an advisor and made honorary member of the club. Hendriks' wife Margaretha died in the 2000s. He backed out of his businesses when handing them over to his children Ronald and Myrjam in September 2017. Hendriks was rushed to hospital with a brain hemorrhage in October 2017 and died on the 21st of that month. Renkum Renkum ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛŋkʏm] )
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