| CV Karel Crouwel |
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Karel "Charly" Crouwel, started playing baseball (catcher) in Amsterdam with the Cats (OVVO) when he was 9 years old. He played in the National Little League Team, Baby Ruth National Team, the Dutch National 'B' Team and when he was 16 years old he was selected for the Dutch National Team. He also played for the Haarlem Nicols and his last team was Kinheim also in Haarlem. He finished his career as Manager/Coach from Kinheim Team and won the Dutch National Championship in 1978. In 1977 Karel and Rob Muller (one of the first sponsors in Dutch baseball) invited Hank Aaron to Holland. In a 4 days tour he showed Hank the tourist places (pictures in Old Dutch National dress), planned a big press conference and the last night of his stay we organized a homerun contest, and game in a fully packed Haarlem stadium. Hank acted 4 innings as guest player in the Dutch National Team against a team of American players who played in the Dutch competition. Karel also worked 10 years with the Dutch National Ice Hockey Team. Highlights were; become World Champion in final against former East Germany in 1979, Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 and playing the “A” Poule in Sweden 1981. In his busy sports career he also worked 3 years full time as manager/trainer for the top division basketball team KINZO. These days Charly is managing director/owner of SEO Support. An support company in website optimalization and domein/hosting services.
1977 with Hank Aaron 1966 with Prins Claus |
