Jorge Canavesi
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| Born | 22 August 1920 Club Estudiantes de La Plata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club Gimnasia Esgrima de Buenos Aires | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As player
As head coach
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| FIBA Hall of Fame as coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jorge Hugo Canavesi (22 August 1920 – 2 December 2016) was an Argentine
Playing career
Canavesi began playing club basketball in Argentina, with the youth teams of Parque Chacabuco, in 1937. In 1941, he began playing club basketball in Argentina, at the senior men's level, with Club Gymnasia y Esgrima de Villa del Parque. With that club, he won the Argentine Federation League championship, as a player-coach, in 1945.
Coaching career
Club coaching career
At the senior men's club level, Canavesi first worked as a player-coach of the Argentine Club Gymnasia y Esgrima de Villa del Parque. With them, he won an Argentine Federation League championship in 1945. As a head coach, he also won the Argentine Federation League championship with Club Capital Federal, in 1953, and with Club Catamarca, in 1970.
National team coaching career
Canavesi was the head coach of the senior men's
He also led Argentina to the silver medal at the
Personal life
Canavesi died in Argentina, on 2 December 2016, at the age of 96.[4][5]
References
- ^ 2016 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame: Jorge Hugo Canavesi.
- ^ Seven Basketball Players Inducted into 2016 FIBA Hall of Fame.
- ^ Australian basketball legend and former WNBA star Michele Timms inducted into FIBA Hall of Fame.
- ^ Murió Jorge Canavesi, el DT del seleccionado argentino de básquetbol campeón mundial en 1950 (in Spanish).
- ^ FIBA Hall of Famer mourned as Jorge Hugo Canavesi passes away.
External links
- FIBA Hall of Fame Profile
- Entrevista a Jorge Canavesi. (in Spanish)
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