Robert Coppée (23 April 1895 Haine-Saint-Pierre – 1970) was a

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football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who competed in the

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

and

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

. He was a member of the Belgium team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. During the tournament he scored four times in three matches, including a hat-trick against Spain.

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1895 births 1970 deaths Belgian footballers Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Belgium Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Belgium international footballers Olympic medalists in football Association football midfielders 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub