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]
A versatile midfielder, Bosschart played for Quick.[3]
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]
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]