Giorgos Kolokithas
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Giorgos Kolokithas (alternate spelling: Georgios and Kolokythas;
FIBA's 50 Greatest Players
in 1991.
Club career
Kolokithas played in his
Greek League Top Scorer
.
In European-wide club competition, with Panathinaikos, he made it to the semifinals of the
FIBA European Selection in 1970. He retired at age 28, after suffering a knee injury.[3]
National team career
Kolokithas was a member of the
1965 EuroBasket, where he averaged 10.9 points per game, and at the 1967 Mediterranean Games
.
At the
1967 EuroBasket, Kolokithas was the Top Scorer of the tournament
. During that tournament, he scored a total of 229 points, for a scoring average of 25.4 points per game. He also represented Greece at the 1968 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, where he led the tournament in scoring, with an average of 22.8 points per game.
At the
FIBA EuroBasket
, in which he scored a total of 492 points, for a scoring average of 19.7 points per game.
In total, Kolokithas had 90 caps with the senior Greek national team, in which he scored a total of 1,807 points, for a scoring average of 20.1 points per game. In 1971, Kolokithas retired from Greece's national squad, after he scored 36 points in his last game, which was against
Scotland
.
Executive career
After he retired from playing club basketball, Kolokithas later became the
Vice President of the Hellenic Basketball Federation
.
Awards and accomplishments
Pro career
- 3× Greek League Top Scorer: (1964, 1966, 1967)
- 4× Greek League Champion: (1967, 1969, 1971, 1972)
- FIBA European Selection: (1970)
- FIBA's 50 Greatest Players: (1991)
Greece national team
- 1963 Balkan Championship:
Silver - 1966 Balkan Championship:
Bronze - 1967 Balkan Championship: Bronze
- 1969 Balkan Championship: Silver
- 2× )
- European Olympic Qualifying Tournament Top Scorer: (1968)
Death
Kolokithas died, after suffering a heart attack, on March 2, 2013.[4]
References
- ^ Greek basketball is mourning the death of legend Kolokithas, article on Euroleague.net, March 02, 2013.
- ^ Sport24.gr "'Εφυγε" από την ζωή ο Γιώργος Κολοκυθάς (in Greek).
- ^ Sport24.gr Ο θρυλικός "μύτος" Γιώργος Κολοκυθάς (in Greek).
- ^ Greek basketball is mourning the death of legend Kolokithas, article on Euroleague.net, March 02, 2013.