Kees Akerboom Sr.

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]

Kees Akerboom Sr.
Akerboom, in 1980.
Personal information
Born (1952-04-18) 18 April 1952
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

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.
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