Leo Bosschart Explained

Leo Bosschart
Fullname:Leonard François Gerard Bosschart
Birth Date:24 August 1888
Birth Place:Kota Radja, Dutch East Indies
Death Place:Hoboken, Antwerp, Belgium
Position:Midfielder
Youthyears1:1905–1909
Youthclubs1:Quick
Years1:1909–1921
Nationalyears1:1909–1920
Nationalcaps1:19
Nationalgoals1:1

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.olympischsporterfgoed.nl/cms/showpage.aspx?id=9677 Profile
  2. Web site: Leo Bosschart . Olympedia . 15 August 2021.
  3. http://www.voetballegends.nl/profile.php?id=234 Profile
  4. http://www.voetbalstats.nl/spelernedxi.php?persid=53 Intl career stats
  5. http://www.bosschaerts.be/genealogy/histories/07nl_bosschart-leonard.php Biografie van Leonard Bosschart