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{{Short description|Dutch basketball player and coach}}
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| name = Ton Boot
| image = Basketbal, Elmex tegen Nashua nr. 2, 3 Kees Akerboom (Nashua), kop, nr. 4, 5 To, Bestanddeelnr 932-8268.jpg
| caption = Boot in 1984
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1940|10|16}}
| birth_place = [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| nationality = Dutch
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| career_start = 1958
| career_end = 1970
| coach_start = 1978
| coach_end = 2007
| years1 = 1958–1961
| team1 = [[DED Basketball Club|DED]]
| years2 = 1961–1965
| team2 = [[The Wolves Amsterdam]]
| years3 = 1965–1970
| team3 = [[Blue Stars (basketball club)|Blue Stars]]
| cyears1 = 1978–1980
| cteam1 = [[EBBC Den Bosch]]
| cyears2 = 1980–1981
| cteam2 = [[ZZ Leiden|Parker Leiden]]
| cyears3 = 1982–1985
| cteam3 = EBBC Den Bosch
| cyears4 = 1985–1993
| cteam4 = [[Den Helder Kings|Den Helder]]
| cyears5 = 1994–1997
| cteam5 = [[BC Oostende|Oostende]]
| cyears6 = 1998–2003
| cteam6 = [[Amsterdam Astronauts]]
| cyears7 = 2003–2007
| cteam7 = [[GasTerra Flames|MPC Capitals]]
| highlights = '''As player:'''
*5× [[Dutch Basketball League|Dutch League]] champion (1958, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1970)
*[[DBL All-Star Game|Dutch League All-Star]] (1974)
'''As coach:'''
*14× [[Dutch Basketball League|Dutch League]] champion (1978–1980, 1983, 1984, 1989–1992, 1999–2002, 2004)
*3× [[NBB Cup|Dutch Cup]] champion (1992, 1999, 2005)
*[[Basketball League Belgium Division I|Belgian League]] champion (1995)
*[[Belgian Basketball Cup|Belgian Cup]] champion (1997)
*FEB Cup champion (2001)
*7× [[DBL Coach of the Year|Dutch League Coach of the Year]] (1979, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2001)
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'''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 [[Dutch Basketball League|the Netherlands]]. The Dutch newspaper ''[[De Volkskrant]]'' named him the best Dutch sports coach of the 20th century.<ref>[http://www.frieschdagblad.nl/index.asp?artID=45669 frieschdagblad (July 14, 2009)]</ref><ref>[http://www.sportgeschiedenis.nl/2010/08/12/documentaire-over-kampioenenmaker-ton-boot.aspx '''Documentary about Ton Boot''' at sportgeschiedenis.nl] {{in lang|nl}}</ref>
==Playing career==
In 1958 Boot won his first [[Dutch Basketball League|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.<ref>[http://j-dus.com/alfabetische-volgorde/ '''Internationals''' at j-dus.com (History of Dutch basketball)]</ref>
==Personal life==
He married basketball player [[Jenny Boot-Tigelaar]] on 20 September 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:110590308:mpeg21:a0234|title=Gevonden in Delpher - De Telegraaf|website=www.delpher.nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball.nl/basketball/nieuws/actueel/jenny-boot-tigelaar-overleden/|title=Jenny Boot-Tigelaar is overleden. Ze maakte jarenlang deel uit van The Blue Stars, het vrouwenteam dat gedurende drie decennia het Nederlands basketball domineerde.|website=Basketball.nl}}</ref>
==Coaching career==
Boot started his coaching career in 1978 with [[EBBC Den Bosch]], and immediately won three titles. After a less successful year with [[ZZ Leiden|Parker Leiden]] he returned to Den Bosch, where he won two championships once again. In 1985 Boot left for [[Den Helder Kings|Den Helder]]. With Den Helder, Boot won four straight championships. After that he left for [[Belgium]] to coach [[Telenet Oostende|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 (city)|Groningen]]. In 2007, he retired.
Boot was the head coach of the Dutch national team in 1981.
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