Veikko Vainio
Appearance
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Personal information | |
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Born | undrafted | 1 April 1948
Playing career | 1964–1974 |
Position | Center |
Career history | |
1964–1967 | KTP |
1971–1974 | Pantterit |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Veikko Vainio (born April 1, 1948) is a retired Finnish professional basketball player. At 6'9" (2.06 m) tall, he played at the center position. He earned All-Tournament Team honors at EuroBasket 1967.
College career
Vainio played college basketball at Brigham Young University (BYU), with the Cougars.
Playing career
Club career
In his club career, Vainio won one Finnish League championship, in 1967, while playing with KTP.
Finnish national team
Vainio was a regular member of the senior
All-Tournament Team
.