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Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 18.03.1905 Date of Death | 22.04.1980 Country | Italy
Highlights
He was a prestigious otorhinolaryngologist
Player and amateur referee
Head coach of the Italian National Team: participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and in the 1939 European Championship in Kaunas
President of the Italian Basketball Federation: in 1945 and from 1954 to 1965
President of FIBA’s Technical Commission: from 1948 to 1972
Member of the FIBA Central Board
Distinctions & Recognitions
Stella d’Oro al Merito Sportivo (Gold star to the Sports’ Merit) in 1967, awarded by the Italian Olympic Committee