Robbie Cadee

{{Short description|Australian basketball player and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Robbie Cadee | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|08|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Australia | height_cm = 185 | weight_kg = 70 | high_school = | college = | draft_year = | career_start = 1979 | career_end = 1983 | career_position = Guard | career_number = | years1 = 1979 | team1 = St. Kilda Saints | years2 = 1980–1983 | team2 = Bankstown Bruins | cyears1 = 1983 | cteam1 = Bankstown Bruins | highlights = '''As player:''' * NBL champion (1979) '''As coach:''' * NBL Coach of the Year (1983) }} '''Robert Cadee''' (born 27 August 1950) is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach.

==Biography== Cadee played for the Australia men's national basketball team during the 1970s and competed for Australia at the 1976 Olympic Games held in Montreal.<ref>FIBA Archive. 1976 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090812183851/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2939/tid/239/_/1976_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html Australia]. Retrieved 2013-04-01.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114703/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/robbie-cadee-1.html Robbie Cadee]. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2013-04-01.</ref> He played in the National Basketball League for the St. Kilda Saints and Bankstown Bruins.<ref name=ah>{{cite web |title=Robbie Cadee |url=https://aussiehoopla.com/robbie-cadee/ |website=Aussie Hoopla |access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref> Cadee won an NBL championship with the Saints in 1979.<ref name=ah /> He served as a player-coach of the Bruins during the 1983 season and won the NBL Coach of the Year Award.<ref name=ah />

After his playing career ended, Cadee went on to become a coach, leading the Opals from 1986 to 1992.<ref>[http://www.bankstownbasketball.com.au/bruins-coaching-director ''Robbie Cadee to continue as Bruins Coaching Director'']. Bankstown Bruins Basketball. Retrieved 2013-04-01.</ref>

Cadee's son, Jason, plays in the National Basketball League (NBL) for the Sydney Kings while his wife Debbie (formerly Debbie Lee) represented the Opals at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbl.com.au/article/id/r9hafcashw951ferj5gb4l7b3|title=Article - The Official Website of the National Basketball League - NBL.com.au|date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222071527/http://www.nbl.com.au/article/id/r9hafcashw951ferj5gb4l7b3 |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref> Robbie is uncle to former NBL player and CEO, Grant Cadee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aussiehoopla.com/grant-cadee|title=Grant Cadee}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.australiabasket.com/coach/Grant-Cadee/7556|title=Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings - eurobasket|website=Eurobasket LLC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/basketball-stars-caught-up-in-shane-heal-alleged-fraud-20161118-gsss2n.html|title=Basketball stars caught up in Shane Heal alleged fraud|first=Sarah|last=Danckert|date=18 November 2016|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>

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