Nikos Milas

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Nikos Milas
Personal information
Born(1928-07-09)9 July 1928
AEK Athens
1975–1976Panathinaikos
Career highlights and awards
As a player:

As a head coach:

Medals
Representing  Greece
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Egypt As player

Nikolaos "Nikos" Milas (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Μήλας; 9 July 1928 – 22 July 2019) was a Greek basketball player and coach. He was born in Athens.[1]

Playing career

Club career

Milas was a skilled technical player, with good dribbling and shooting ability.[2][3] He played with Panathinaikos in his club career. He won three Greek League championships (1949–50, 1950–51, 1953–54).

Greece national team

Milas played on the

Israel
).

Coaching career

In 1961, Milas won the

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup's 1967–68 season championship, in Kallimármaro, Athens, against the Czechoslovak League powerhouse of the sixties, Slavia VŠ Praha.[5]

On the bench of AEK, he also won two Greek League national domestic championships in the 1967–68 and 1969–70 seasons (the 1969–70 title was the last for the club until the 2001–02 season).

aggregate score
series (consisting of a 60–78 loss in France, and a 74–65 win in Athens).

Personal life

Milas died on 22 July, 2019, in Nea Smyrni, Athens, Greece. He was 91 years old.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nikolaos Milas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  2. ^ Αθλητική Ηχώ 26/1/1951
  3. ^ ΕΟΚ
  4. ^ Αθλητική Ηχώ 24/9/1961[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Σαν σήμερα Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Ιστότοπος της ομάδας καλαθοσφαίρισης της ΑΕΚ
  7. ^ ΑΕΚ: Απεβίωσε ο Νίκος Μήλας, ο προπονητής της ομάδας του 1968 (in Greek).
  8. ^ "Θρήνος για Νίκο Μήλα". aekbc.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

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