Kees Akerboom Sr.

Kees Akerboom Sr.
	Akerboom, in 1980.
Personal information
Born	18 April 1952 (age 72); Haarlem, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Listed height	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Career information
Playing career	1969–1986
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Number	12
Career history
1969–1975	Flamingo's Haarlem
1975–1985	EBBC Den Bosch
1985–1986	Virtus Werkendam
Career highlights and awards
	No. 12 retired by Heroes Den Bosch; 3× Dutch League MVP (1980, 1981, 1985); 7× All-Dutch League Team (1974, 1975, 1978, 1980–1982, 1984, 1985); 5× Dutch League All-Star (1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982); EuroBasket Top Scorer (1977);

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]

3× Eredivisie: (1971, 1972, 1973)
2× NBB Cup: (1970, 1971)

Den Bosch

5× Eredivisie: (1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985)

Individual

3× Dutch League MVP: (1980, 1981, 1985)
7× All-Dutch League Team: (1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985)
5× Dutch League All-Star: (1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982)
FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer: (1977)
FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team: (1977)

References

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

External links

FIBA.com profile

[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.

[eurohof-4] "Holland – Hall of Fame". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2014-07-05.

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