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Nationality | Belgian |
Born | 10 October 1926 |
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Sport | Basketball |
Alexis Van Gils (born 10 October 1926) was a Belgian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. [1]
The Indianapolis Olympians were a founding National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Indianapolis. They were founded in 1949 and folded in 1953. Their home arena was Butler Fieldhouse on the campus of Butler University, now known as Hinkle Fieldhouse.
The Belgium men's national basketball team has represented Belgium in international basketball since 1928. The supervising body for the national team is Basketball Belgium.
Robert Albert Kurland was a 7 feet (2.13m) American basketball center, who played for the two-time NCAA champion Oklahoma A&M Aggies basketball team. He has been credited as the first person to dunk in a college basketball game. He led the U.S. basketball team to gold medals in two Summer Olympics, and led his AAU team to three national titles. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Alex John Groza was an American professional basketball player from Martins Ferry, Ohio. Resulting from the CCNY point shaving scandal, Groza was banned from the National Basketball Association (NBA) for life in 1951. In college, he won two NCAA championships as captain of the University of Kentucky Wildcats, and was a two-time All-NBA player for the Indianapolis Olympians before his career abruptly ended.
Ralph Milton Beard Jr. was an American collegiate and professional basketball player. He won two NCAA national basketball championships at the University of Kentucky and played two years in the National Basketball Association prior to being barred for life for his participation in the 1951 point shaving scandal.
Esperanza High School (EHS) is a public high school located in Anaheim, California and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District.
Alexis Thépot was a French footballer. He was the goalkeeper of the France national team in the first two World Cups, 1930 and 1934, and an Olympian.
Tatyana Nikolaevna Ovechkina is a former Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union women's national basketball team that won two Olympic gold medals, the 1975 World Championships and six European Championships. Today, she runs the Russia women's national basketball program.
Alexander Frederick "Alex" Eke was a British basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Westminster.
Alessandro "Alex" Righetti is an Italian former professional basketball player. Righetti won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In April 2017, his retirement was announced.
Albina Lucy Charlotte Osipowich, later known by her married name Albina Van Aken, was an American competition swimmer who won gold medals in the women's 100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, setting world records in both events.
Henrica Petronella Johanna Maria van den Heuvel , known as Erica van Dijck, is a retired female badminton player from the Netherlands. She won the silver medal in mixed doubles at the 1988 European Badminton Championships, with partner Alex Meijer.
The University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame includes over 300 former Florida Gators athletes who represented the University of Florida in one or more intercollegiate sports and were recognized as "Gator Greats" for their athletic excellence during their college sports careers. The University of Florida, located in Gainesville, Florida, is a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and fields twenty-one intercollegiate sports teams, all of which compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
The University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds are the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. The Blugolds athletic teams compete in NCAA Division III.
Konstantinos Ndubuisi "Kostas" Antetokounmpo is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague.
Pierre Van Basselaere was a Belgian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Enrique Anjel Marmentini Gil was a Chilean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads for each of the 23 teams that competed in the men's basketball tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Events in the year 1993 in the Netherlands.