Oscar van Rappard

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
	Antwerp 1920	Team Competition

Oscar Emile, Knight van Rappard (2 April 1896 in Probolinggo, Dutch East Indies – 18 April 1962 in The Hague) was an track and field athlete and football (soccer) player from the Netherlands. He was the older brother of Ernst Herman van Rappard. As a forward, he played between 1912 and 1921 for HBS in The Hague. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1920.

At his Olympic debut he won the bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team, while at the same tournament he ran the 110 m hurdles, where he was eliminated in the qualifying heats.

References

Netherlands squad – 1920 Summer Olympics Bronze Medalists

van Beurden Bieshaar Boerdam Bosschart E. Bulder J. Bulder Dénis van Dort Groosjohan von Heijden van der Kluft Kuipers van Linge Legger MacNeill de Natris Peereboom van Rappard Steeman Tempel Verweij de Vries Coach: Warburton

(Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee

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