Robert Victor Joseph Coppée (23 April 1895 – 1970) was a Belgian

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. Playing as a

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, he was a member of the Belgium national team. He represented his country at the

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

and

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in Ch ...

, winning the gold medal for football in the former tournament and scoring four times in three matches, including a hat-trick against Spain.

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Honours

Belgium *

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gold medal:

References

1895 births 1970 deaths Belgian men's footballers Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Belgium Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Belgium men's international footballers Olympic medalists in football Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub