Английская Википедия:Alekos Spanoudakis
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox basketball biography Alexandros Spanoudakis (Шаблон:Lang-el; 8 July 1928[1] – 10 March 2019) was a Greek basketball player. He represented the Greece men's national basketball team. Along with his brother, Ioannis,[2] he is considered to be one of the early leading pioneers of the sport of modern basketball in the country of Greece. While a member of the Greek Basket League club Olympiacos, he became the first Greek basketball player to shoot jump shots in the modern style and technique, in the 1950s.[3]
Club career
Spanoudakis played basketball at the club level with the Greek Basket League team Olympiacos. While with Olympiacos in the 1950s, Spanoudakis trained with Bob Cousy[4] and Greek-American Lou Tsioropoulos, of the NBA's Boston Celtics, in Greece. Spanoudakis, and his brother, Ioannis, learned the American style of basketball from the two Celtics players, and they were the first two athletes to bring American basketball techniques to Greece.
National team career
Spanoudakis was a member of the Greece men's national basketball team. With Greece, they won the bronze medal at the 1949 EuroBasket. He played at the 1951 EuroBasket, and at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games.[5]
References
External links
- Alekos Spanoudakis at fiba.com (archive)
- Alekos Spanoudakis at Sports-reference.com
- Alekos Spanoudakis at basket.gr Шаблон:In lang
Шаблон:Greece Squad Eurobasket 1949 - Bronze Medal Шаблон:Greece Men Basketball Squad 1952 Summer Olympics
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- Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic basketball players for Greece
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- Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
- Basketball players from Chania
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