Kees Akerboom Sr.
{{Short description|Dutch basketball player (born 1952)}}
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| name = Kees Akerboom Sr.
| image = Kees Akerboom (1980).jpg
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| caption = Akerboom, in 1980.
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| height_m = 2.04
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1952|4|18}}
| birth_place = Haarlem, Netherlands
| nationality = Dutch
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| career_start = 1969
| career_end = 1986
| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward
| career_number = 12
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| years1 = 1969–1975
| team1 = Flamingo's Haarlem
| years2 = 1975–1985
| team2 = EBBC Den Bosch
| years3 = 1985–1986
| team3 = Virtus Werkendam
| highlights = *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)
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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.[http://www.gelderlander.nl/sport/2.2184/2.2467/de-naam-akerboom-is-n-dubbele-handicap-1.2661618 The name Akerboom is a double handicap at gelderlander.nl] {{in lang|nl}} He was a 2.04 m tall shooting guard.{{Cite web |title=Kees Akerboom Sr. Basketbal statistieken Spelers Dossier - NBB Database, basketball statistieken |url=http://db.basketball.nl/db/overzicht/spelersdossier.pl?detail=1&spl_ID=9266 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=db.basketball.nl}}
Club career
Akerboom started playing basketball at age 16 and joined the Flamingo's Haarlem under Jan Janbroers after two years.{{Cite web |date=2014-05-11 |title=De hoogtijdagen van Levi's Flamingo's |url=https://nos.nl/video/646510-de-hoogtijdagen-van-levi-s-flamingo-s |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}}
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{{Cite web | url = http://www.eurobasket.com/EuroBasketHallOfFame.asp?Cntry=NED#p252781 | work = Eurobasket.com | title = Holland – Hall of Fame | accessdate= 2014-07-05}}
- 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
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029231548/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/players.asp?pID=64917&q=Kees+AKERBOOM&_=1949_European_Championship_for_Men FIBA.com profile]
{{EuroBasket Top scorers}}
{{DBL Season MVP}}
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Category:Dutch Basketball League players
Category:Dutch men's basketball players
Category:Heroes Den Bosch players
Category:Sportspeople from Haarlem