Leo Bosschart
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonard François Gerard Bosschart | ||
Date of birth | (1888-08-24)24 August 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Kota Radja, Dutch East Indies | ||
Date of death | 9 May 1951(1951-05-09) (aged 62) | ||
Place of death | Hoboken, Antwerp, Belgium | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1905–1909 | Quick | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1909–1921 | Quick | ||
International career | |||
1909–1920 | Netherlands | 19 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Medal record | ||
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Men's football | ||
Representing Netherlands | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1920 Antwerp | Team competition |
Leonard "Leo" François Gerard Bosschart (24 August 1888 – 9 May 1951) was a football player from the Netherlands, who captained his home country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.[1] There he won the bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team.[2]
Club career
A versatile midfielder, Bosschart played for Quick.[3]
International career
Bosschart made his debut for Netherlands in a December 1909 friendly match against England and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a September 1920 friendly against Spain.[4]
Personal life
Born in the Dutch East Indies to Francois Guilleaume Jacques Bosschart and Anna Catharina Gerardina Eras, Bosschart studied engineering in Delft and became chief engineer at Burgenhout in Rotterdam and director of the Conrad shipyard. From 1938 until his death in 1951, Bosschart was director of the John Cockerill shipyard in Hoboken, Belgium.[5]
References
External links
- Leo Bosschart at National-Football-Teams.com
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leo Bosschart". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
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