Klaas van den Broek
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Nicolaas Gerardus Maria "Klaas" van den Broek (born July 7, 1955) is a former professional Dutch
ice hockey
player, who was born in Tilburg
, Noord-Brabant.
Van den Broek played for the Tilburg Trappers during the 1970s. He played all five matches for the Netherlands at the 1980 Winter Olympics
.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player, who was born in Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
, Noord-Brabant.
Van den Broek played for the Tilburg Trappers during the 1970s. He played all five matches for the Netherlands at the 1980 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...
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