Johannes Marius ("Bok") de Korver (27 January 1883 in

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– 22 October 1957 in Rotterdam) was a

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player from the

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, who twice won a bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team at the

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: in 1908 (

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) and in 1912 (

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Career

De Korver played for Sparta Rotterdam between 1902 and 1923. He won the Dutch national title five times. De Korver scored his most notable goal in 1912, in a match against

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. His goal won Sparta the national title. De Korver played 31 caps for the

between 1905 and 1913, scoring two goals. He won two Olympic bronze medals in 1908 and 1912. De Korver captained the latter team. He was also a player of the Dutch national team that beat

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for the first time ever, in 1913. Bok de Korver was a civil servant for the municipality of Rotterdam. He ended his career at age 40 after pneumonia. De Korver died on 22 October 1957, aged 74. He was buried in Haren (Groningen). De Korver was an honorary member of Sparta and of the

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. The football club BDK from Amsterdam was named after De Korver. The west stand of Sparta's stadium, Het Kasteel, was renamed ''Bok de Korver Stand'' on 1 April 2007.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results table. Netherlands's goal tally first:

References

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Dutch Olympic Committee

External links

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Profile at voetbal.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Korver, Bok de 1883 births 1957 deaths Dutch men's footballers Directors of football clubs in the Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam players Netherlands men's international footballers Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Footballers from Rotterdam Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Dutch sportsmen