What is Henk Blok?
{{Infobox volleyball biography | name = Henk Blok | image = | nickname = | nationality = Dutch | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|1|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [[The Hague]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|12|8|1922|1|4|df=y}} | death_place = | position = | years = | clubs = | nationalteam = | nationalyears = | coachyears = 1940–c. 1968<br>1949-1963<br>1963-1968 | coachteams = Celebes, [[The Hague]]<br>[[Netherlands women's national volleyball team|Netherlands (women)]]<br> [[Netherlands men's national volleyball team|Netherlands (men)]] }} '''Henk Blok''' (born 4 January 1922 - 8 december 2024) was a Dutch [[volleyball]] coach.<ref name=volaren>{{cite web|url= http://volaren.nl/volaar-henk-blok/ |title= Volaar Henk Blok |work=volaren.nl |date=8 November 2021|access-date=20 June 2022|language=nl}}</ref> Blok was for almost 40 years coach of the men’s and later women’s national volleyball team. ==Career== === Celebes === In 1946 he graduated from the Sport Academy in [[The Hague]] and started working there as a teacher. He was a trainer in athletics, basketball, and volleyball. The volleyball group got the name “Celebes”, after the street name were two of his pupils lived. In 1940 the volleyball club was founded under that name. In this team were among others {{ill|Cees van Zweeden|nl}}, [[Jan van Zweeden]], [[Rinus van Zweeden]] and [[Henny de Ruijter]]. The men’s teams were unbeaten, but at the time there was not a national competition. After the Dutch national volleyball federation, [[Nederlandse Volleybalbond]], was founded in 1948 the women’s team started winning prizes. The team became in the second year (1949) national champion. The women’s became again national champion in 1955, 1956, 1958 and 1959. The team also played internationally, including to Moscow in 1962 during the [[Cold War]]. In later year, when Blok still had an assisting role, the team became national champion in 1964, 1965, 19