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nico spits in 1973 ab & hc , amsterdam amstelveen , netherlands 78 kg lb on 230px 1.88 m ftin on field hockey 7 september 1943 nico spits 1973.jpg nico spits
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nico spits

nicolaas bernard `` nico '' spits -lrb- born 7 september 1943 -rrb- is a retired field hockey player from the netherlands .
he competed at the 1964 and 1972 summer olympics and finished in seventh and fourth place , respectively .
in 1972 , he played alongside his younger brother , frans spits .
he was the olympic flag bearer for the netherlands in 1972 .
together with his brother he was part of the dutch team that won the 1973 men 's hockey world cup .
he is the chairman of `` orange all stars '' , a club of the former international dutch athletes who play semiprofessional golf .
