Cesare Rubini
Italian water polo and basketball player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cesare Rubini (2 November 1923 – 8 February 2011) was an Italian professional basketball player and coach, and a water polo player. He was considered to be one of the greatest European basketball coaches of all time, Rubini was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994, making him the first, and to this day, just one of three Italian basketball figures to receive such an honour, alongside Dino Meneghin and Sandro Gamba. He was also inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2000.
Cesare Rubini | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born |
(1923-11-02)2 November 1923 Trieste, Italy | ||
Died |
8 February 2011(2011-02-08) (aged 87) Milan, Italy | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
1947–1948 | Società Canottieri Olona | ||
1949–1951 | Rari Nantes Napoli | ||
1952–1956 | Rari Nantes Camogli | ||
Medal record |
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Born | (1923-11-02)2 November 1923 Trieste, Italy | ||||||||||||||
Died | 8 February 2011(2011-02-08) (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1948–1957 | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 1957–1973 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
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1948–1957 | Olimpia Milano | ||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||
1957–1973 | Olimpia Milano | ||||||||||||||
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Basketball Hall of Fame as coach | |||||||||||||||
FIBA Hall of Fame as coach | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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In 2002, he was awarded the FIBA Order of Merit. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2006. He was also inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, in 2013.