Jan Hendrik "Roepie" Kruize (18 January 1925 in Heemstede – 14 February 1992 in The Hague) was a former field hockey player from the Netherlands. He was one of the Netherlands's most famous players in the years following World War II. Kruize won the bronze medal with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, followed by the silver medal, four years later in Helsinki. References Dutch Olympic Committee External links 1925 births 1992 deaths Dutch male field hockey players Dutch field hockey coaches Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands People from Heemstede Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics HC Klein Zwitserland players Sportspeople from North Holland 20th-century Dutch people