Francisco Marinho Robby Elson is a Dutch professional basketball player. Elson is the seventh Dutch player to appear in the NBA. Elson has served as the captain of the Netherlands national basketball team in international basketball. He led the team in the 2007 Euro-qualifiers. Elson is fluent in Dutch, Spanish, and English, and maintains an off-season home in the Netherlands. He is of Surinamese descent. Elson started his career at AMVJ Rotterdam at the age of twelve. After a couple of years playing he stopped. His gym teacher at the Maria School asked him to return to the club at the age... of sixteen. Played with, amongst others, Peter van Rij in the junior team of coach Jan Bruin in 1975. Benched in first team Rotterdam Basketball. Elson was a member of the Dutch Under-20 National Team. He played two seasons at Kilgore Junior College in Texas before completing his college at the University of California, Berkeley. As a senior he helped lead the Bears to the NIT Championship.
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