Career
De Korver played for Sparta Rotterdam between 1902 and 1923. De Korver scored his most notable goal in 1912, in a match against AFC Ajax. De Korver played 31 caps for the Netherlands between 1905 and 1913, scoring one goal.
De Korver captained the latter team
He was also a player of the Dutch national team that beat England for the first time ever, in 1913. Legend has it that De Korver never made a foul during his career.
He thought training was unsportsmanlike to the opponent, and he loved to smoke cigars. De Korver was the first Dutch football player to be the subject of a biography, in 1916.
Bok de Korver was a civil servant for the municipality of Rotterdam.
He ended his career at age 40, after pneumonia. De Korver died on October 22, 1957, aged 74. He was buried in Haren (Groningen).
The football club BDK from Amsterdam was named after De Korver.
The west stand of Sparta"s stadium, Het Kasteel, was renamed Bok de Korver Stand on April 1, 2007.