Ben Verweij
{{short description|Dutch footballer}}
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Bernard ("Ben") Willem Jan Verweij (31 August 1895 in Medan, Sumatra – 14 July 1951 in Amsterdam) was a football (soccer) player from the Netherlands, who represented his home country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1920. At his Olympic debut in Antwerp, Belgium he won the bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team, followed by a fourth place four years later in Paris, France.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26705 |title=Ben Verweij |work=Olympedia |access-date=15 August 2021}}
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External links
- {{in lang|nl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070609180222/http://www.sport.nl/overige/deelnemersfinder/ Dutch Olympic Committee]
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Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic footballers for the Netherlands
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Netherlands men's international footballers
Category:Footballers from Medan
Category:Olympic medalists in football
Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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