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

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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

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;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}}

;Den Bosch

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

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