Hippolyte Van den Bosch

Hippolyte Van den Bosch
Personal information
Full name Hippolyte Geraard Van den Bosch
Date of birth (1926-04-30)30 April 1926
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Date of death 1 December 2011(2011-12-01) (aged 85)
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19431958 Anderlecht
19601961 Eendracht Aalst
National team
19531957 Belgium 8 (2)
Teams managed
19721973 Anderlecht
19861989 Venezuela

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Hippolyte Geraard Van den Bosch (30 April 1926 – 1 December 2011[1]), nicknamed Poly, was a Belgian football player who finished top scorer of the Belgian League in 1954 while playing for R.S.C. Anderlecht. He played 8 times with the Belgian national team between 1953 and 1957.[2] "Poly" made his international debut on 22 November 1953 in a 2–2 friendly draw against Switzerland and he scored twice. Van den Bosch was in the team for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, together with his brother Pieter.

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