Kees Akerboom Sr.

Kees Akerboom Sr.
Akerboom, in 1980.
Personal information
Born (1952-04-18) 18 April 1952 (age 72)
Haarlem, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Listed height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Career information
Playing career1969–1986
PositionShooting guard / small forward
Number12
Career history
1969–1975Flamingo's Haarlem
1975–1985EBBC Den Bosch
1985–1986Virtus Werkendam
Career highlights and awards

Kees Akerboom Sr. (born 18 April 1952) is a retired Dutch basketball player. Akerboom is the father of Kees Akerboom Jr., who also played as a professional basketball player in the Eredivisie.[1] He was a 2.04 m tall shooting guard.[2]

Club career

Akerboom started playing basketball at age 16 and joined the Flamingo's Haarlem under Jan Janbroers after two years.[3]

Akerboom played with EBBC Den Bosch, with whom he reached a FIBA Saporta Cup Final in 1979.

Dutch national team

As a member of the senior Dutch national basketball team, Akerboom led the 1977 EuroBasket in scoring, averaging 27 points per game. His performance earned him a selection to the EuroBasket All-Tournament Team. Akerboom is 2nd on the all-time list of games played for the senior Dutch national team, with 182 appearances. Only Toon van Helfteren, has played more games, with 207.

Awards and accomplishments

Club

Flamingo's Haarlem[4]
Den Bosch
  • 5× Eredivisie: (1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985)

Individual

References

  1. ^ The name Akerboom is a double handicap at gelderlander.nl (in Dutch)
  2. ^ "Kees Akerboom Sr. Basketbal statistieken Spelers Dossier - NBB Database, basketball statistieken". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  3. ^ "De hoogtijdagen van Levi's Flamingo's". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  4. ^ "Holland – Hall of Fame". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2014-07-05.