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{{Short description|Belgian footballer (1926–2011)}}
{{family name hatnote|van den Bosch|Bosch}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hypoliet van den Bosch
| image = Hippolite van den Bosch.png
| full_name = Hypoliet Geraard van den Bosch
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|4|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Brussels]], Belgium
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|12|1|1926|4|30|df=y}}
| height = 1.73 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1943&ndash;1958
| clubs1 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1960&ndash;1961
| clubs2 = [[V.C. Eendracht Aalst 2002|Eendracht Aalst]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| totalcaps = 
| totalgoals = 
| nationalyears1 = 1953&ndash;1957
| nationalteam1 = [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| manageryears1 = 1972&ndash;1973
| managerclubs1 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
| manageryears2 = 1986&ndash;1989
| managerclubs2 = [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]]
}}

'''Hypoliet Geraard van den Bosch''' (30 April 1926 – 1 December 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/111201_hippolyte_vdb_overleden |title=sporza: Anderlecht rouwt om Hippolyte Van den Bosch |publisher=Sporza.be |access-date=2011-12-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202212410/http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/111201_hippolyte_vdb_overleden |archive-date=2 December 2011 }}</ref>), nicknamed '''Poly''', was a Belgian [[association football|football]]er who finished [[Belgian League top scorers|top scorer]] of the [[Belgian League]] in 1954 while playing for [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]. He played eight times with the [[Belgium national football team|Belgium national team]] between 1953 and 1957.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hippolyte Van den Bosch |url=https://static.rbfa.be/project/publiek/jrinterfr/speler_PH_315.htm#itop |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=static.rbfa.be}}</ref> "Poly" made his international debut on 22 November 1953 in a 2–2 friendly draw against [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] and he scored twice. Van den Bosch was in the team for the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]].

== Honours ==

=== Player ===
'''Anderlecht'''
* [[Belgian Pro League|Belgian First Division]]: [[1953–54 Belgian First Division|1953–54]], [[1954–55 Belgian First Division|1954–55]], [[1955–56 Belgian First Division|1955–56]], [[1958–59 Belgian First Division|1958–59]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Palmares {{!}} RSC Anderlecht |url=https://www.rsca.be/nl/club/palmares |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.rsca.be |language=nl}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
* [[Belgian First Division A top scorers|Belgian First Division top scorer]]: [[1953–54 Belgian First Division|1953–54]] (29 goals)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-06 |title=Eerste klasse A - Topsc. per seizoen |url=https://www.voetbal.com/topscoorders/bel-eerste-klasse-a/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=voetbal.com |language=nl}}</ref>

=== Manager ===
'''Anderlecht'''
* [[Belgian Cup]]: [[List of Belgian Cup finals|1972–73]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Belgian League Cup]]: 1973

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WorldFootball.net}}
* {{RBFA player}}

{{Belgium Squad 1954 World Cup}}
{{R.S.C. Anderlecht managers}}
{{Venezuela national football team managers}}
{{Belgian First Division top scorers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:van den Bosch, Hippolyte}}
[[Category:1926 births]]
[[Category:2011 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Belgian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Brussels]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Belgium men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Belgian Pro League players]]
[[Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht players]]
[[Category:S.C. Eendracht Aalst players]]
[[Category:Belgian football managers]]
[[Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht managers]]
[[Category:Venezuela national football team managers]]
[[Category:Belgian expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Venezuela]]


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