Canadians, formerly known as BV Landlust, was a Dutch basketball club from

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. The team was one of the original twelve teams in the

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. The team was founded in 1952 and played in the

for 42 seasons.

History

Landlust was founded in 1951 and remained until 1992–93 season in the Premier League, with the exception of the 1972–73 season. The club from Amsterdam is third with 32 seasons in the league, after

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(40) and

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(38). Landlust played until 1972 without sponsor. On return to the Premier League in 1973–74, adopted for sponsorship reasons the name ''Delta Lloyd Amsterdam'', a name that remained for eight years. In 1981, Black Velvet Rose sponsor baton and was named ''Black Velvet Canadians''. In 1986 Sportlife sponsor but the name remained Canadians: ''Sports Life Canadians''. The season 1990–91 was a sponsor of charge year and the club went through life as ''Canadians Amsterdam''. The last two seasons the club was sponsored by Graydon and was named the club Gray Dons Canadians. In 1994 the club dissolved. The first men's team won in 1962 and 1963, the national championship.

Honours

Men's team

* Winners (2): 1961–62, 1962–63

Women's team

Dames Eredivisie * Winners (4): 1959–60, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1985–86

Names

Due to sponsorship reasons the team had many names: *BV Landlust Amsterdam (1957–1973) *

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Amsterdam (1973–1981) *Black Velvet Canadians (1981–1985) *Sportlife Canadians (1986–1990) *Graydon Canadians (1991–1993)

Individual awards

Dutch League MVP *Hank Smith – 1976

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*Hank Smith – 1976 * Jimmy Moore – 1985 * Doug Spradley – 1992 *Paul Vrind – 1993

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*Edwin van der Hart – 1982

References

{{Dutch Basketball League Defunct basketball teams in the Netherlands Sports clubs in Amsterdam Basketball teams established in 1960 Former Dutch Basketball League teams Sports clubs disestablished in 1994