Huug de Groot

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Huug de Groot
Personal information
Date of birth (1890-05-07)7 May 1890
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 18 April 1957(1957-04-18) (aged 66)
Place of death Scheveningen, Netherlands
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
–1909 Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908–1917 Sparta Rotterdam
International career
1912–1914 Netherlands 10 (6)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1912 Stockholm Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henri Franciscus "Huug" de Groot (7 May 1890 – 18 April 1957) was a Dutch amateur

football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament. In 1913 he scored both goals in the Netherlands' first ever victory over England.

From 1908 to 1917, he played for Sparta Rotterdam.

References

  1. ^ "Huug de Groot". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

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