height_ft played_for shoots weight_lb birth_place image_size career_end position height_in birth_date article_title draft ntl_team career_start
5 tilburg trappers heerenveen flyers ehc arosa left 172 lethbridge , ab , can 225px 1984 left wing 11 17 may 1953 jack de heer
 undrafted ned 1971
jack de heer

garth dick `` jack '' de heer -lrb- born may 17 , 1953 -rrb- is a former professional ice hockey player .
he was a dutch international who spent most of his career in the eredivisie .
a canadian of dutch descent , de heer spent his first five seasons in the netherlands with tilburg trappers , averaging nearly four points a game .
in 1976 , he joined the heerenveen flyers where he spent the next four seasons .
a regular dutch national team member , highlights of his international career included being top scorer and name tournament top forward at the 1978 world ice hockey championships pool c , top scorer at the 1979 world ice hockey championships pool b , and scoring a hat-trick against poland at the lake placid olympics .
in 1980 , de heer joined ehc arosa of the swiss nationalliga a league .
in 1982 , he returned to dutch club hockey , rejoining the flyers until retiring in 1984 .
he resides in lethbridge , alberta , and is married with two children .
