George François "Frans" de Bruijn Kops (28 October 1886 in

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– 22 November 1979 in

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) was a Dutch

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player who competed in the

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. He was a member of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.

Club career

He played for HBS from The Hague, after joining them from Achilles Rotterdam.

International career

De Bruijn Kops made his debut for the

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in an April 1906

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against

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and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring 1 goal.Intl career stats
- Voetbalstats His final international was an October 1908

against

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* * 1886 births 1979 deaths People from Bengkulu Men's association football forwards Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football HBS Craeyenhout players Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub