Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 11.11.1911 Date of Death | 08.05.1988 Country | Egypt
Highlights
Played in Egypt’s 1st Division and in the Egyptian National Team: participated in the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games
International Referee since 1947: Called in the 1948 London Olympic Games (Semi-Final between France and Brazil) and in the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games (including the Final between the U.S.A. and the USSR)
President of the Egyptian Basketball Federation: 1952-1969
Member of the FIBA Central Board: 1960-1976
President of AFABA (current FIBA Africa): 1961-1969
Vice President of FIBA: 1961-1968
President of FIBA: 1968-1976
President of the Egyptian Olympic Committee: 1972-1974
First Minister of Sports in Egypt
Distinctions & Recognitions
Honorary President of AFABA (current FIBA Africa): since 1969
Honorary President of FIBA: since 1976
IOC’s Olympic Order