EDWARD VANDERVRIES

VANDERVRIES, EDWARD

Hometown:  Holland, MI
Born: 1891

CATEGORY   TOTAL   1910 1914
YEAR        
POSITION     F F
HEIGHT        
WEIGHT        
JERSEY        
Games Played/Started        
Points     76  
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1910:  Lettered.

1914:  Lettered.

Lettered in baseball '14

Edward van der Vries, 1891-1971, was a prominent real estate man and one of the founders of the Tucson Board of Realtors.  He was born in Holland, Michigan from Dutch parents.  He came to Tucson in 1916.  In 1919 he started in the real estate business and formed Vandervries Realty and Mortgage Company in 1928.  Mr. Van der Vries was President of the local Kiwanis Club in 1925 and served six times on the board,  He was director of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce four terms and served as president in 1931 and 1932.  In 1933, President Roosevelt drafted Mr. Van der Vries to serve on the Arizona State Reemployment Board.