Huug de Groot

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
Number	8
Youth career
–1909	Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1908–1917	Sparta Rotterdam
National team
1912–1914	Netherlands	10	(6)
Honours Men's Football Representing  Netherlands Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

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External links[]

• Huug de Groot at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Huug de Groot at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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