Jan Hendrik "Roepie" Kruize (18 January 1925 in

Heemstede Heemstede () is a town and a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the fourth richest municipality of the Netherlands. History Heemstede formed around the Castle ''Heemstede'' that was built overlooking the ...

– 14 February 1992 in

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) was a former

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player from the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. He was one of the

's most famous players in the years following

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. Kruize won the bronze medal with the Dutch Men's Team at the

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, followed by the silver medal, four years later in

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References

Dutch Olympic Committee

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* 1925 births 1992 deaths Dutch male field hockey players Dutch field hockey coaches Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands People from Heemstede Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics HC Klein Zwitserland players Field hockey players from North Holland 20th-century Dutch people {{netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub