William Klooster

William Klooster
Born	(1957-12-25) December 25, 1957 Amsterdam, NED
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position	Defence
Played for	Amstel Tijgers ESV Trier 's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles
National team	Netherlands
Playing career	1977–1990

William Eduard Antonio Klooster (born December 25, 1957) is a former Dutch ice hockey player, born in Amsterdam, North Holland. A defenceman, he competed for the Netherlands national ice hockey team at both the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships.

Klooster began his senior club career in 1977 with Tigers Amsterdam. He played intermittingly with Tigers until 1989 when he joined 's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles for a season. He played for Regionalliga side Trier Huskies in 1989-90.

As a member of the Netherlands men's national ice hockey team, Klooster had an impressive offensive Olympic campaign in Lake Placid, scoring 3 goals and collecting 5 points in 5 games. He went scoreless in all 8 of Netherlands's games at the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships the following year.

External links

• William Klooster profile at Eurohockey.com
• William Klooster's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
• (Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee