Kees Akerboom Sr.
# 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. He was a 2.04 m tall shooting guard.

## Club career

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

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**

* 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)
