Evert Jan Bulder (24 December 1894 – 21 April 1973) was an

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player from the

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, who represented his native country at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

Antwerp, Belgium Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

. There he won the bronze medal with the

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Club career

Bulder played on the left wing for hometown club

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, playing his final match against

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of ...

on 11 October 1931. He won the Dutch league title with Be Quick in 1920.

International career

He only earned one cap for the

, a September 1920 Olympic qualifier against

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.Intl career
- Voetbalstats

Personal life

Bulder was born in

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

. His younger brother Jaap (born 1896) was also a footballer and a member of the same Olympic squad. Bulder died, aged 78, in

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July). ...

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Dutch Olympic Committee
1894 births 1973 deaths Footballers from Groningen (city) Association football wingers Dutch footballers Netherlands international footballers Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Be Quick 1887 players {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub