Ton Boot

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Ton Boot
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Boot in 1984
Personal information
Born (1940-10-16) October 16, 1940 (age 81)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Listed height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Career information
Playing career1958–1970
Coaching career1978–2007
Career history
As player:
1958–1961 DED
1961–1965 The Wolves Amsterdam
1965–1970 Blue Stars
As coach:
1978–1980 EBBC Den Bosch
1980–1981 Parker Leiden
1982–1985EBBC Den Bosch
1985–1993 Den Helder
1994–1997 Oostende
1998–2003 Amsterdam Astronauts
2003–2007 MPC Capitals
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Antoine "Ton" Boot (born October 16, 1940) is a Dutch retired professional basketball coach and player. Boot is viewed as one of the best Dutch coaches ever, because of his 14 national titles in the Netherlands. The Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant named him the best Dutch sports coach of the 20th century. [1] [2]

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He married basketball player Jenny Boot-Tigelaar on 20 September 1967. [3] [4]

Playing career

In 1958 Boot won his first Dutch championship with DED Amsterdam. After that he won the national title another four times, in 1961, 1964 and 1965 with The Wolves Amsterdam and five years later with Blue Stars. In December 1959, Boot scored 53 points in a game against Monark, which was the all-time scoring record in the Dutch Basketball League until 1979, when Tony Parker Sr. scored 63 points.

In his career Boot also played for the Dutch national basketball team. He played his first game on April 1, 1959. He has eventually played 148 games for the Dutch national team. [5]

Coaching career

Boot started his coaching career in 1978 with EBBC Den Bosch, and immediately won three titles. After a less successful year with Parker Leiden he returned to Den Bosch, where he won two championships once again. In 1985 Boot left for Den Helder. With Den Helder, Boot won four straight championships. After that he left for Belgium to coach Oostende, in 1995 he won the Ethias League. In 1998 Boot became coach of ABC Amsterdam and he did win another four titles. In 2004 Boot won his last title, with the MPC Capitals from Groningen. In 2007, he retired.

Boot was the head coach of the Dutch national team in 1981.

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References

  1. ↑ frieschdagblad (July 14, 2009)
  2. ↑ Documentary about Ton Boot at sportgeschiedenis.nl (in Dutch)
  3. ↑ "Gevonden in Delpher - De Telegraaf". www.delpher.nl.
  4. ↑ "Jenny Boot-Tigelaar is overleden. Ze maakte jarenlang deel uit van The Blue Stars, het vrouwenteam dat gedurende drie decennia het Nederlands basketball domineerde". Basketball.nl.
  5. ↑ Internationals at j-dus.com (History of Dutch basketball)
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