World Cup '74 Portrait #82 (Wim Suurbier: Holland)

graphite & putty eraser, with watercolour pencil/30x21cm

This latest subject to be drawn from the random generator & represented is Wim Suurbier, another to be featured in both the FKS & Panini ‘World Cup ‘74’ sticker albums, & who was included in the Holland squad for the tournament, where he went on to appear in each of the Dutch team’s seven matches during their progress to the Final itself, nominally as a defender but also required to be a ‘total’ footballer in Holland’s ‘revolutionary’ playing system.

Again, as with the previous example of Wolfgang Overath, Suurbier’s is one of the players’ names that would have registered at the time of exposure to the televised coverage of the finals, via repeated occurrences, & has remained in the memory since. 

World Cup '74 Portrait #81 (Wolfgang Overath: West Germany)

graphite & putty eraser, with watercolour pencil/30x21cm

Today’s randomly-chosen subject is Wolfgang Overath, who was represented in both the FKS & Panini ‘World Cup ‘74’ preview/commemorative sticker albums, & subsequently selected as a member of the official West Germany squad, going on to appear in each of his country’s 7 matches, scoring twice, as they went on to win the tournament.

Given this, Overath’s is one of the relatively few names I remember from the televised experience of the World Cup itself, having inevitably been mentioned on numerous occasions (certainly, I can remember watching the games against Sweden, Poland &, the Final of course, Holland).