Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 31.10.1911 Date of Death | 02.03.1997 Country | Egypt
Highlights
Played in Egypt’s 1st Division in the 1930’s and 1940’s
International Referee since 1947: Called in the 1948 London Olympic Games (including the Final between the U.S.A. and France), in the 1950 Buenos Aires World Championship (including the Final between Argentina and the U.S.A.) and in the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games (including the Final between the U.S.A. and the USSR)
International referee: Called in the 1950 Buenos Aires World Championship and in the 1954 Rio de Janeiro World Championship, where he referred the Final between the U.S.A. and Brazil
Assistant Secretary/Treasurer of the Egyptian Basketball Federation: 1955
Vice President of the Egyptian Basketball Federation: 1971
President of the Egyptian Basketball Federation: 1972-1985
President of the Egyptian Olympic Committee: 1978-1984
Secretary General of AFABA (current FIBA Africa): 1965-1997
Member of the FIBA Central Board
Distinctions & Recognitions
FIBA Order of Merit in 1997