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Ties Kruize (born November 17, 1952 in The Hague) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who represented Holland at the Summer Olympics of 1972, 1976, and 1984. He became world champion in 1973, European champion in 1983, and retired from international competition in 1986, after the Hockey World Cup in London.
Kruize played 202 international matches for the Netherlands, and scored a total number of 167 goals. He was famous for his penalty corner, just as his successor Floris Jan Bovelander was. His father Roepie Kruize also played for the Dutch national hockey team. Throughout his career Kruize played for HC Klein Zwitserland from The Hague. With his club he won eight Dutch titles in a row: from 1977 until 1984. Just like his brothers Hans and Hidde, and his father Roepie, the youngest Kruize played club hockey for HC Klein Zwitserland from The Hague.
When Holland won its first World Cup in 1973, beating India in the final, Kruize was one of the heroes of that victory. He top scored at the second World Cup with eleven goals. He was also the top scorer of the 1972 Summer Olympics, scoring eighteen goals in nine matches, which made hem the all time topscorer in one Olympic tournament.
Kruize played in the first six editions of the World Cup (1971 – 1986), making his farewell appearance at Willesden. He played outside left for Holland, and used a hockey stick that weighed 28 oz. The Germans nicknamed Kruize Thor after the Scandinavian thunder god.
Superstars
Kruize participated in the televised all-around sports competition Superstars, winning the European edition in 1977 and 1979.[1]
External links
- ^ "superstars". http://www.thesuperstars.org/. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
European Champions: • 1975 Kjell Isaksson • 1976 Kjell Isaksson • 1977 Ties Kruize • 1978 No Competition • 1979 Ties Kruize • 1979 Brian Jacks •
International Champions: • 1980 Brian Jacks • 1981 Andy Ripley • 1982 Brian Hooper • 1983 Brian Hooper • 1984 Brian Hooper • 1985 Robin Brew •Categories:- 1952 births
- Living people
- Dutch field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands
- Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- People from The Hague
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