Johannes Marius ("Bok") de Korver (27 January 1883 in Rotterdam – 22 October 1957 in Rotterdam) was a football player from the Netherlands, who twice won a bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team at the Summer Olympics: in 1908 (London) and in 1912 (Stockholm).[1]

Bok de Korver
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1923 Sparta Rotterdam
International career
1905–1913 Netherlands 31 (2)
Medal record
Men's Football
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 1912 Stockholm Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

edit

De Korver played for Sparta Rotterdam between 1902 and 1923. He won the Dutch national title five times. De Korver scored his most notable goal in 1912, in a match against AFC Ajax. His goal won Sparta the national title.

De Korver played 31 caps for the Netherlands between 1905 and 1913, scoring two goals. He won two Olympic bronze medals in 1908 and 1912. De Korver captained the latter team. He was also a player of the Dutch national team that beat England for the first time ever, in 1913.

Bok de Korver was a civil servant for the municipality of Rotterdam. He ended his career at age 40 after pneumonia. De Korver died on 22 October 1957, aged 74. He was buried in Haren (Groningen).

De Korver was an honorary member of Sparta and of the Royal Dutch Football Association. The football club BDK from Amsterdam was named after De Korver. The west stand of Sparta's stadium, Het Kasteel, was renamed Bok de Korver Stand on 1 April 2007.

Career statistics

edit

International

edit
Netherlands national team
Year Apps Goals
1905 2 1
1906 2 0
1907 1 0
1908 6 1
1909 3 0
1910 4 0
1911 3 0
1912 6 0
1913 4 0
Total 31 2

International goals

edit
Scores and results table. Netherlands's goal tally first:
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 14 May 1905 Rotterdam, Netherlands   Belgium 1–0 4-0 Friendly
2. 29 March 1908 Antwerp, Belgium   Belgium 4–1 Friendly

References

edit
  1. ^ "Bok de Korver". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
edit