Cezar Niculescu (born 27 July 1927) was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. [1] He was part of the Romanian basketball team, which was eliminated in the first round of the 1952 tournament. He played both matches. [1]
Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. 23 nations entered the competition.
The Romania men's national basketball team represents Romania in international basketball competition. The team is administered by the Romanian Basketball Federation (FRB).
Romania competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 114 competitors, 103 men and 11 women, took part in 67 events in 15 sports.
Claudiu Iulian Niculescu is a Romanian football coach and former striker, currently in charge of Liga II club Voluntari.
Philip Dudley Cezar is a Filipino former basketball coach, player and politician. Known by the monikers "Mr. Stretch", "Tapal King" and "The Scholar", he was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub of the Philippine Basketball Association that won two Grand Slams in 1976 and 1983. He was named the Most Valuable Player in 1980. He was also a many-time Philippine national team player in the 1970s.
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Corneliu Călugăreanu was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Drăgănești-Vlașca, Teleorman. He was part of the Romanian basketball team that was eliminated in the first round of the 1952 tournament. He played both matches.
Grigore Costescu was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bucharest. He was part of the Romanian basketball team, which was eliminated in the first round of the 1952 tournament. He played in a match against Italy, which Romania lost 53–39.
Mihai Nedef was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bucharest. He was part of the Romanian basketball team, which was eliminated in the first round of the 1952 tournament. He played both matches. He died on 10 June 2017.
Dan Niculescu was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Ladislau Mokos was a Romanian basketball player, born in Oradea, who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Romanian basketball team, which was eliminated in the first round of the 1952 tournament. He played both matches.
Adrian Petroșanu was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Romanian basketball team, which was eliminated in the first round of the 1952 tournament. He played both matches.
Cezar Drăgăniță is a retired Romanian handball player. He won the world title in 1974 and two Olympic medals in 1976 and 1980. At the club level he spent most of his career with Steaua Bucharest, winning with them 15 national titles; he also participated in seven tournaments of the EHF Champions League, winning one in 1977. Near the end of his career he played and coached in Belgium and Portugal.
Niculescu is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Angelo Niculescu was a Romanian football player and manager. He is best remembered in Romania for being the national team's coach at the 1970 World Cup and for inventing the "temporizare" ("delaying") tactics in which the team keeps the possession of the ball inside its own half and the players are using many short passes from one side to another of the field in order to disrupt the opponents patience when they go out of their field to make pressing, this is also considered an early form of tiki-taka, with such tactics he managed to qualify Romania to a World Cup after more than 30 years and register a win against Czechoslovakia.
Cezar, Cézar, or Çezar may refer to:
Cēzars Ozers, also known as Tsezar Eduardovich Ozers, was a Soviet and Latvian basketball player. He played as a point guard. Ozers won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He died on 5 November 2023, at the age of 86.
Marin Niculescu was a Romanian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1952 Summer Olympics and placed 41st and 12th, respectively. Niculescu won the Tour of Romania in 1951 and two stages of the Tour de Pologne in 1949, placing second overall.
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.
Ion Suru was a Romanian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.