| GSG Aarschot | |||
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| Founded | 1954 | ||
| History | Rimelago Basket Aarschot (1954–1980) BBC Toptours Aarschot (1980–1995) GSG Aarschot (2005–present) | ||
| Arena | Sporthal Demervalei | ||
| Capacity | 3,200 | ||
| Location | Aarschot, Belgium | ||
| President | Geert Lowet | ||
| Head coach | Ludo Faes | ||
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Gele Ster Gelrode Aarschot (in English: Yellow Star Gelrode Aarschot) is a basketball club from the Belgian town of Aarschot.
The history of the club began in 1954 when Rimelago Basket Aarschot was founded. Initially Rimelago started in fourth provincial division. Aarschotse- club was promoted in a period of 25 years to a first class club. During its most successful period in the 70 Rimelago was six years not once defeated in his own room. Eventually made direct competitor Perron Liège, with the Canadian Robinson, gave an end to this record. In the early 80s the club was renamed BBC Toptours Aarschot.
Toptours Aarschot with the star players Tom Kropp and still residing in Aarschot Iba Sisokko was in the 80 top performers in a Belgian basketball. Every home game was attended by about 2,000 spectators. These were turbulent years of great successes were interspersed with dramatic periods. In 1995, the club with the basic number 797 went bankrupt after all.
In 2005, there finally came a merger between a lower provincial department playing Yellow Star Aarschot, Gelrode Aarschot and BBC. Since then, the association has 300 active members and over again is the Aarschotse basketball happen again present in the higher national rankings.
Tom Kropp is an athlete from the US state of Nebraska. Tom was a player who scored a lot. On average, he scored 32 points per game. After a stint at University of Nebraska at Kearney Kropp played for the NBA's Washington Bullets & Chicago Bulls. The latter was the team that later include stars such as Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman would play. After its passage in the NBA, he went to try his luck in Europe.[1] During his last season in the BBC Aarschot, he decided to allow only one American in 1st National what Tom Kropp and Toptours was a blessing because Tom scored in his last season average up 35.1 points per game. A record that still stands on the tables.
Paul Harding
Iba Sissoko Johan Geleyns Loren Killion Bo Ellis Tom Kropp Corky Bell Ralph Garner Jim Stack Richard Johnson Tim Carr Ken Smith Cois Huysmans Polle Matthijs Jan Schellens Willy Lowet Ivo Torfs Gordie Herbert Dave Youdath Joost Hermans Raf Verbist Fons Matthijs Arthur Foote Rob Discart Jack Persy
