Dan Cramer (basketball)

Last updated

Dan Cramer
Dan Cramer (basketball).jpg
Cramer in 1976
Personal information
Born (1952-06-02) June 2, 1952 (age 70)
NationalityAmerican / Dutch
Listed height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Career information
College Denver (1971–1974)
Playing career1974–1984
Position Forward
Career history
1974–1977 BV Amstelveen
1977–1978 Arke Stars Enschede
1978–1984 Nashua Den Bosch
Career highlights and awards

Dan "Danny" Cramer (born June 2, 1952) [1] is a former American-Dutch professional basketball player. Following his college career at Denver, he played ten years of professional basketball in the Netherlands and won seven Eredivisie championships. Cramer also represented the Netherlands national team in 98 games.

Contents

College career

Cramer starred at the University of Denver from 1971–1974. [2] A 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall forward, he scored 504 points in 77 games (6.5 per contest) and grabbed a total of 173 rebounds (2.2 per contest). [3] He broke the school’s record for points in a single game when he scored 50 against Southern Mississippi on February 4, 1974. [4] He left school as a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and had majored in accounting. [5]

Professional career

Cramer spent his professional career in the Netherlands: From 1974 to 1977, he played for Kinzo Amstelveen, winning the Dutch national championship in 1976 and 1977. Cramer emerged as an efficient scorer in the Dutch league, averaging 26.1 points a game in the 1974–75 season, 20.5 in 1975–76 and 18.3 in 1976–77. [6] After spending the 1977–78 with the Arke Stars Enschede, scoring 20.7 points per contest, Cramer joined EBBC Den Bosch (later known as Nashua Den Bosch), where he played from 1978 to 1984. In his six years with Den Bosch, Cramer won Dutch national championships in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983 and 1984. The best scoring average of his Den Bosch stint came in 1978–79, when he had 18.2 points per outing in the Dutch league. [6] Cramer also appeared in European cup competitions with Den Bosch. In the 1982–83 season, he was instrumental in Den Bosch’s win over Spanish powerhouse FC Barcelona in the Cup Winners' Cup: Cramer had 18 points in the 86–76 upset on January 17, 1983. Cramer and Den Bosch advanced to the semi-final of the competition that season. [7]

National team career

He won 98 caps for the Dutch men’s national team [8] and participated in the European Championships in 1975, 1977, 1979 and 1983. [9] His best single-game performance at anEuropean championship came in 1975, when he led the Netherlands to a 66–65 win over Greece, scoring 28 points. [10]

Post-playing career

In 1977, he started working for an accounting firm in the Netherlands. Cramer ended his professional basketball in 1984 and returned to the United States. While working in accounting in Colorado, he also started a TV production company, which did TV productions of high school sports. In 1989, Cramer started organizing and promoting 3x3 basketball and later 3v3 soccer as well as 4on4 football. [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kikas Gomes</span> Angolan basketball player


Joaquim Brandão Gomes, also known as "Kikas", is a retired Angolan professional basketball player. He has played professionally in Germany and the Netherlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Donar (basketball club)</span> Basketball team in Groningen, Netherlands

Donar, also known as Donar Groningen, is a professional basketball club based in Groningen, Netherlands. The club competes in the BNXT League and its home arena is MartiniPlaza, which has a seating capacity of 4,350 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oscar Schmidt</span> Brazilian basketball player

Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player. He is also commonly known as Oscar Schmidt in Spain, where he played for Fórum Valladolid for the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons, and simply Oscar, or Mão Santa, in his homeland. Schmidt primarily played the shooting guard and small forward position, was 2.06 m tall and weighed 109 kg (240 lbs). He was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kees Akerboom Jr.</span> Dutch basketball player

Kees Akerboom Jr. is a retired Dutch basketball player. Kees is the son of Kees Akerboom Sr., a former successful professional basketball player as well. During the majority of his career, Akerboom played with Den Bosch, which he won three DBL championships with. He also played for the Netherlands national basketball team during his career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kees Akerboom Sr.</span> Dutch basketball player

Kees Akerboom Sr. 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.

Arvin Slagter is a Dutch basketball player who plays for the Netherlands men's national 3x3 team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basketball Cup (Netherlands)</span> Basketball league

The Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the TOTO Basketball Cup and formerly the NBB Cup, is an annual cup competition for Dutch basketball teams organised by the Basketball Nederland. Every team in the Netherlands can participate by signing up for the preliminary rounds. Professional basketball teams from the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) enter the tournament in the fourth round. From 1977 until 1990 professional teams were not allowed to participate in the competition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Worthy de Jong</span> Dutch basketball player (born 1988)

Worthy Donovan Rafael de Jong is a Dutch 3x3 basketball player and former professional 5x5 player. Standing at 6 ft 4.3 in, De Jong plays the shooting guard or the small forward position.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matt Bauscher</span> American basketball player

Matthew Don Bauscher is an American former professional basketball player. Bauscher played three years for the Boise State Broncos, from 2005 till 2008, during his college career. He was the team captain at Boise State while winning the regular season and tournament championship. He earned All Conference Defense and All Conference Tournament Team. Afterwards he played six seasons as a professional player in Europe, spending most of his time in the Netherlands, in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). Bauscher won the DBL championship in 2010. He also played in top divisions of Germany and Cyprus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mohamed Kherrazi</span> Dutch basketball player

Mohamed Kherrazi is a Dutch professional basketball player of Moroccan descent who plays for Leuven Bears of the BNXT League. He is also a member of the Dutch national basketball team. He is a record three-time DBL Defensive Player of the Year winner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heroes Den Bosch</span> Basketball team in s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Heroes Den Bosch is a Dutch professional basketball club based in 's-Hertogenbosch. The club plays in the BNXT League since 2021 and in the top basketball division in the Netherlands since 1972. Founded as EBBC in 1951, the club had several sponsored names the following decades.

Edward Murphy is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'4" shooting guard-small forward. Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, he played basketball at Marist High School. He opted in 1974 for the academic team of Merrimack College, where he stayed until 1978, twice finishing as NCAA II runner-up. Top scorer of the Merrimack team, Murphy was drafted in 1978 by the Atlanta Hawks, in the 8th round. He never played in the NBA, instead landing in Europe. He first played the Netherlands in the B.O.B. Rotterdam (1978–79) and then in Belgium with RC Mechelen with which he led the team to the Belgian title.

Dejan Kravić is a Serbian-Canadian professional basketball player for Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

Shane Hammink is a Dutch former professional basketball player. He played college basketball in the United States for Louisiana State University (LSU) and Valparaiso University. Hammink went on to play in Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands. He won the Dutch national championship in 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">DeMario Mayfield</span>

DeMario Aquan Mayfield is an American-born naturalized Iraqi professional basketball player for Basket Torino of the Serie A2 Basket. He competed in college for Georgia, Charlotte, and Angelo State.

Stan van den Elzen is a Dutch professional basketball player for ZZ Leiden of the BNXT League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emmanuel Nzekwesi</span> Dutch basketball player

Emmanuel Chukwubuikem Nzekwesi is a Dutch professional basketball player for ESSM Le Portel of the LNB Pro A and the Netherlands. He played college basketball for Oral Roberts.

Austin Price is an American basketball player for Heroes Den Bosch of the BNXT League.

Mitchell Plaat is an American-Dutch former professional basketball player. In international competition, he played for the Netherlands men's national basketball team. During his professional career, he played in the Netherlands for Parker Leiden and Nashua Den Bosch and won three national championships. Plaat was also a five-time all-Eredivisie selection.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jimmy Woudstra</span> Dutch basketball player

Jim "Jimmy" Woudstra is an American-Dutch former professional basketball player. He was a standout college player for the Northwestern Red Raiders, where he is the all-time scoring leader. Woudstra played six seasons of professional basketball in the Dutch Eredivisie, for Punch Delft and Parker Leiden. He also represented the Netherlands national team.

References

  1. ↑ "Spelers per team in een seizoen". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Denver Men's Basketball 2019–20 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Dan Cramer". sports-reference.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Player Game Records". University of Denver Athletics. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "3x3 – Interview with Dan Cramer, the Flying Dutchman". FIBA. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Danny Cramer (M)". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Cup Winners' Cup 1982–83". Pearl Basket. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  8. ↑ "De Historie van Nederland en het ek". Rebound Magazine. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Dan Cramer". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Netherlands vs Greece". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.