What is Johnny Groen?
{{Infobox volleyball biography | name = Johnny Groen | image = | image_size = | caption = | full_name = | nickname = | nationality = {{flagicon|NED}} Dutch | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|12|6|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = | height = | weight = | spike = | block = | college = | position = | years = <br>-1970<br>1970- | teams = {{flagicon|NED}} Oldehove, [[Leeuwarden]]<br>{{flagicon|NED}} SFC, [[Assen]] <br>{{flagicon|NED}} Blokkeer [[The Hague]] <br>{{flagicon|NED}} Gaggenau <br>{{flagicon|NED}} Viano | nationalyears = | nationalteam = [[Netherlands men's national volleyball team|Netherlands]] | medaltemplates = }} '''Johnny Groen''' (born 6 December 1945) is a former Dutch [[volleyball]] player and coach. He was a member of the [[Netherlands men's national volleyball team|Dutch national team]]. He played among others at the 1968 West European Championships in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:011015246:mpeg21:a0379 |title=Johnny Groen bij volleybalselectie |work=[[Nieuwsblad van het Noorden]]|via=[[Delpher]]|date=30 March 1968|access-date=6 June 2022|language=nl}}</ref> After playing with Oldehove in [[Leeuwarden]] he moved to Oranje Nassau in [[Groningen]].<ref name=militair>{{cite web|url= https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Johnny+Groen&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010617730:mpeg21:a0355&resultsidentifier=ddd:010617730:mpeg21:a0355&rowid=3 |title=J. Groen, ex-Oldehove, in Nederlands militair volleybalteam |work=[[Leeuwarder courant]]|via=[[Delpher]]|date=21 April 1967|access-date=6 June 2022|language=nl}}</ref> At the time he played with Oranje Nassau he also played with the National Military Team in 1967.<ref name=militair /> In the late 1960s he moved to SFC in Assen where he became the most important player of the club.<ref name=Blokk