The Belgian basketball legend Rene Aerts was born 3 January, 1937 in Antwerp, Belgium. The 184-centimeter-tall point guard enjoyed a successful career in the Belgian League, representing Antwerpse BC (1951-1962, 1969-70), Standard Liege (1962-1969), Hellas Giant (1970-1972), Racing Molenbeek (1972-1974), and CEF Fleurus (1974-1976) team. On the national level, Aerts won six Belgian League titles.
In 1958/59 season, Aerts made his Euroleague debut with Antwerpse. In total, the Belgian point guard played 5 seasons in the EuroLeague, reaching the semifinals stage in 1968/69 season, while being one of the leading scorers, and averaging 15.4 points per game. He was ranked Top 10 in EuroLeague season’s best scorers list three times. Aerts finished his EuroLeague career with 550 points in 28 games, averaging 19.6 points per game.
Aerts was a regular Belgian national team member, playing in 4 Eurobasket editions (1959, 1961, 1963, 1967) and scoring 444 points in 32 games. In his EuroLeague and international games from 1958 to 1969, Aerts scored 994 points in 60 games.
The Belgian retired from professional basketball in 1976, at the age of 39.
ACCOLADES
EuroLeague (1969)
Belgian League (1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968)
Belgian League (1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1969) Belgian League (1953, 1967)
EUROLEAGUE STATISTICS
Year
58/59
59/60
60/61
61/62
68/69
TOT
Team
Age
22
23
24
25
32
GP
3
2
5
6
12
28
PPG
22.3
22.0
23.2
27.6
15.4
19.6
PTS
67
44
116
138
185
550
RNK
18th
35th
2nd
5th
7th
EUROBASKET STATISTICS
Year
1959
1961
1963
1967
TOT
Team
Age
22
24
26
30
GP
8
8
9
7
32
PPG
11.5
14.5
17.7
10.9
13.9
PTS
92
116
160
76
444
RNK
17th
8th
3rd
59th
Description for statistics
GP – Games played PPG – Points per game PTS – Total points RNK – Individual scoring ranking TRK – Team ranking
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