Wim Franke

Wim Franke
Born(1941-08-09)9 August 1941
Died10 June 2013(2013-06-10) (aged 71)
Hoofddorp, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Occupationbasketball player
Height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)

Wim Franke (9 August 1941 – 10 June 2013) was a Dutch basketball player.[1] After his playing career he became basketball coach, manager and director.[2]

Franke became became eight times champion with Den Helder, Den Bosch and Amsterdam. He played with the Netherlands men's national basketball team a total of 60 international matches, including at EuroBasket 1961 and EuroBasket 1963.[2]

Franke started playing basketball around 1954 at the age of 12 years, with The Wolves Amsterdam.[3]

In the late 1960s Franke suspended by the basketball association.[4] In 1970 while playing with Flamingo's Haarlem, during a match against The Wolves Amsterdam, Franke started fighting with Frans de Haan and was sent off the field.[5]

Franke was the father of basketball player Rolf Franke and grandfather of basketball player Yannick Franke.[3][2] Franke died in Hoofddorp on 10 June 2013 at the age of 71 years old.[6] Ten year after his death in July 2023, he was posthumously honored with a basketball court in Vreeland.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Wim Franke Basketbal statistieken Spelers Dossier". NBB (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "De Franke dynastie gaat door in Groningen". leonkerstenbasketbal.nl (in Dutch). 11 July 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 ""VERGETEN" BASKETBALLERS | WIM FRANKE †, DE BEWOGEN BASKETBALL REIZIGER". Dutch Basketball Memory Lane (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Na langdurige schorsing: Wim Franke kan nog basketballen Gemoederen verhit". NRC Handelsblad. 13 January 1969.
  5. ↑ "Weer incident in competitie basketbal: Wim Frranke van het veld gestuurd". Trouw. 12 January 1970 – via Delpher.
  6. ↑ "Oud-international Wim Franke (71) overleden". basketball.nl (in Dutch). 10 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Topbasketballer Wim Franke krijgt postuum eigen veldje in Vreeland". De Gooi- en Eemlander (in Dutch). 9 July 2023.

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