Hippolyte Geraard van den Bosch (born 30 April 1926, died december 1 2011 ), nicknamed Poly, was a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player who finished top scorer of the Belgian League in 1954 while playing for R.S.C. Anderlecht

R.S.C. Anderlecht

Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...

. He played 8 times with the Belgian national team between 1953 and 1956. "Poly" made his international debut on 22 November 1953 in a 2-2 friendly draw against Switzerland

Switzerland national football team

The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...

 and he scored twice. Van den Bosch was in the team for the 1954 FIFA World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup

The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was chosen as hosts in July 1946. The tournament set a number of all-time records for goal-scoring, including the highest average goals scored per game...

, together with his brother Pieter

Pieter Van Den Bosch

Pieter Rosalia Van Den Bosch is a Belgian former international footballer. He participated at the 1954 FIFA World Cup, alongside brother Hippolyte.-References:...

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External links

• Worldfootball profile