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CANTERBURY RAMS HISTORY:
Rams were a foundation member of the League in 1981

PREVIOUS RAMS COACHES
Murray McKay 1981 – 1983 Assistant Darrell Todd
Darrell Todd1984 – 1985 Assistant Gary Pettis
Garry Petis 1986 – 1988 Assistant Bert Knops, Clyde Huntley
Keith Mair1989-1995 Assistant Bert Knops
Bert Knops 1996-1999 Assistant Phil Burns
Matt Ruscoe 2000-2001 Assistant John Watson, Darren Gravly, David Harrison
John Watson 2002-2004 Assistant Peter McAllister,– Dene Robinson
Peter McAllister 2004-2005 Assistant Dene Robinson, Clinton Olsen, Jnr Assistants Tim Bennetts, Heath Miller
Chris Sparks 2006-2007 Assistant Terry Brunel - Kenny Perkins
Bert Knops 2008-2009 Assistant Terry Brunel


THE RAMS GLORY DAYS (1986-94)
Canterbury ended up dominating the NBL in the next few years. From 1986-1994 the Rams played in seven grand finals winning four of them. This successful nine-year tenure was thanks to stand-out American players like Eddie Anderson, Angelo Hill and Clyde Huntley who were three of the league's best ever early import players. Other players to play a key role during this era were local players such as Terry Brunel, Glen Denham, Gilbert Gordon, John Hill, John "Dutchie" Rademakers, Graham Timms, Chris Tupu, Ian Webb, youngster Ralph Lattimore and another star American import player Kenny Perkins (father of Boston Celtic Kendrick Perkins) who later played for the Nelson Giants. The architects of this success were coaches Gary Pettis who led the team from 1986–88 and Keith Mair who took over in 1989.


RAMS PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED FOR THE TALL BLACKS
John Whelan, John Fairweather, John “Dutchie Rademakers, Bert Knops, Dave Edmonds, Dave Usmar, Andy Bennett, John Hill, Gilbert Gordon, Ian Webb, Glen Denham, Graham Timms, Ralph Lattimore, Craig Farrant, Rob Hickey, Jeremy Kench, David Langrell, Andrew Gardiner


RAMS COACHES WHO HAVE COACHED THE TALL BLACKS
Keith Mair, Assistant Coach Bert Knops


HONOUR ROLL
NBL Championships:
4 (1986,1989,1990,1992)

NBL Playoff Appearances:
13(1982,1984,1985,1986,1987,1989,1990,1992,1993,1994,1998,1999,2002 )

NBL Grand Final appearances:
8 (1986,1987,1989,1990,1992,1993,1994,1999)

NBL Most Valuable Player:
John Whorton(2002)

MVP Non-Restricted Player:
John Rademakers(1984), Terrence Lewis (2002)

All-NBL First Team:
Clyde Huntley(1983), Clyde Huntley(1984), Clyde Huntley(1986), Clyde Huntley (1987), Eddie Anderson(1991), Terrence Lewis(2002), John Whorton(2002), Ryan Prillman (2005)

Most Outstanding Guard:
Clyde Huntley (1986), Eddie Anderson(1991), Terrence Lewis(2002)

Most Outstanding Forward/Centre:
John Whorton (2002)

Most Outstanding Non-Restricted Guard:
John Rademakers (1986), Chris Tupu (1994), Terrence Lewis (2002)

Most Outstanding Non-Restricted Forward/Centre:
Glen Denham (1990)

Leading Individual NBL scorer:
John Whorton (2002), John Whorton (2003), Dennis Trammell(2006)

Leading Individual NBL Rebounder:
John Whorton(2002), John Whorton(2003)

Leading Assists :
Clyde Huntley (1984), Scott Stewart(1996), Carlo Varicchio(2002), Paul Henare(2009)

Coach of the Year:
John Watson (2002)

Non-Restricted Rookie of the Year
Arthur Trousdell (2000)