Hypoliet Geraard van den Bosch (30 April 1926 – 1 December 2011), nicknamed Poly, was a
Belgian football
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player who finished
top scorer of the
Belgian League in 1954 while playing for
R.S.C. Anderlecht
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, ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
, capacity = 22,500
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, owner = Wouter Vandenhaute
, manager = Brian Riemer
, ...
. He played 8 times with the
Belgium national team between 1953 and 1957. "Poly" made his international debut on 22 November 1953 in a 2–2 friendly draw against
Switzerland
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and he scored twice. Van den Bosch was in the team for the
1954 FIFA World Cup
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.
Honours
Player
Anderlecht
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Belgian First Division:
1953–54,
1954–55,
1955-56,
1958-59
Individual
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Belgian First Division top scorer:
1953-54 (29 goals)
Manager
Anderlecht
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Belgian Cup:
1972–73
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Belgian League Cup The Belgian League Cup was a Belgian association football cup created in 1973. The competition was held from 1973 by eleven clubs wanting to increase professionalism in Belgian football but lasted only three seasons before being disbanded. The tourn ...
: 1973
References
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1926 births
2011 deaths
Footballers from Brussels
1954 FIFA World Cup players
Belgian Pro League players
Belgian men's footballers
Belgium men's international footballers
R.S.C. Anderlecht players
S.C. Eendracht Aalst players
R.S.C. Anderlecht managers
Expatriate football managers in Venezuela
Venezuela national football team managers
Men's association football forwards
Belgian football managers
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