Bert Zonneveld

Involved in almost every aspect of the game both on and off the pitch for the past half-century, Bert Zonneveld has helped develop youth soccer in Georgetown and many other Ontario communities. Despite not having children or grandchildren in the Georgetown Soccer Club, the 72-year-old has been active both as Coach and Executive member with the local organization for 20 years, fielding successful teams while performing administrative duties such as drafting the GSC’s constitution.

Zonneveld’s passion for soccer began as a youngster in his native Holland and upon arriving in Canada his interests turned to passing on his enthusiasm “to the kids,” co-founding the Dixie Soccer Club in 1970. As well as writing articles for a Dutch-Canadian weekly in the 1960s, Zonneveld started up the first youth rep league in Mississauga, which was a forerunner for the Peel-Halton loop, and coached a couple of National Soccer League teams in Toronto in the early 1980s.

He was also instrumental in working with the Town to bring the Trafalgar Sports Park to fruition for the GSC.