Jean Baptiste Dockx (24 May 1941 – 15 January 2002) was a Belgian international footballer. He played for Mechelen,

Racing White R.W.D. Molenbeek, short for Racing White Daring Molenbeek, was a Belgian football club founded in 1909 as White Star Club de Bruxelles. It then became a member of the Belgian Football Association later the same year as White Star Athletic Club a ...

and Anderlecht, and for the Belgium national team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1972 UEFA European Football Championship. He was later a manager, and was caretaker manager of Anderlecht in 1999. On 15 January 2002, Dockx died unexpectedly at the age of 60 from a

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. Anderlecht paid a lot of attention to his death and praised him as one of the most valuable players the club had ever had. In 2005 he was nominated for the title ''

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'' (The Greatest Belgian), but did not make it to the final nomination list. He ended up in place 401 of those who fell outside the final nomination list.

Honours

Club

Mechelen * Belgian Second Division: 1962–63 Anderlecht *

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: 1971–72, 1973–74 *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: Belgian Cup, 1971–72, Belgian Cup, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76 *

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, 1974 *

European Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

: 1975–76, 1976–77 (

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), 1977–78 * European Super Cup:

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Amsterdam Tournament The Amsterdam Tournament ( nl, Amsterdam Toernooi) was a pre-season association football competition, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The competition was hosted by Eredivisie club Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena. It was inaugurated in 1975 as the A ...

: 1976 *

Tournoi de Paris The Tournoi de Paris, also known as Trophée de Paris, was a pre-season association football invitational competition hosted by French club Paris Saint-Germain at their home ground Parc des Princes in Paris, France. The competition was founded in ...

: 1977 *

Jules Pappaert Cup Trophy Jules Pappaert or Pappaert cup is a Belgian football trophy since 1953 and is awarded annually to a club in the first, second or third division of the Belgian Pro League with the longest uninterrupted series of unbeaten games. The award is ...

: 1977 * Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978

International

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* 1941 births 2002 deaths People from Sint-Katelijne-Waver Belgian footballers Belgian football managers Belgium international footballers Belgian Pro League players 1970 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1972 players R.W.D. Molenbeek players R.S.C. Anderlecht players R.W.D. Molenbeek managers Royal Antwerp F.C. managers R.S.C. Anderlecht managers Association football midfielders K.V. Mechelen players Footballers from Antwerp Province {{belgium-footy-midfielder-stub