Veikko Vainio

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Veikko Vainio
Personal information
Born (1948-04-01) 1 April 1948 (age 76)
undrafted
Playing career1964–1974
PositionCenter
Career history
1964–1967KTP
1971–1974Pantterit
Career highlights and awards

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
.

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