Oscar Emile, Knight

Ridder (title)

Ridder is a noble title in the Netherlands and Belgium. The collective term for its holders in a certain locality is the Ridderschap . In the Netherlands and Belgium no female equivalent exists...

 van Rappard (2 April 1896 in Probolinggo

Probolinggo

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, Dutch East Indies

Dutch East Indies

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 – 18 April 1962 in Den Haag) was an track and field athlete and football (soccer)

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 from the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1920

Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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At his Olympic debut he won the bronze medal

Bronze medal

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 with the Netherlands national football team

Netherlands national football team

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, while at the same tournament he ran the 110 m hurdles, where he was eliminated in the qualifying heats.