Jean Baptiste Dockx (24 May 1941 – 15 January 2002) was a Belgian footballer who played as a midfielder for Mechelen, Racing White and Anderlecht, and also for the Belgium national team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1972 UEFA European Football Championship. He was later a manager, and was caretaker manager of Anderlecht in 1999.
On 15 January 2002, Dockx died unexpectedly at the age of 60 from a traumatic aortic rupture. Anderlecht paid a lot of attention to his death and praised him as one of the most valuable players the club had ever had.
In 2005 he was nominated for the title De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian), but did not make it to the final nomination list. He ended up in place 401 of those who fell outside the final nomination list.
Honours Mechelen Belgian Second Division: 1962–63
Anderlecht Belgian First Division: 1971–72, 1973–74 Belgian Cup: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76 Belgian League Cup: 1973, 1974 European Cup Winners' Cup: 1975–76, 1977–78; runner-up 1976–77 European Super Cup: 1976 Amsterdam Tournament: 1976 Tournoi de Paris: 1977 Jules Pappaert Cup: 1977 Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978
Belgium UEFA European Championship third place: 1972
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