Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 24.06.1893 Date of Death | 23.07.1981 Country | Switzerland
Highlights
Member of the ""Genève-Ville"" Physical Education Section: from 1900 onwards
Preliminary school teacher: 1912-1927
Chief monitor of physical education: from 1913 onwards
Swiss Champion of pole-vault: 1914
Physical education instructor: 1927-1934
Technical President of the Geneva Gymnasts
Fell in love with basketball, when he attended a game between the YMCA and Foyer de Charvieu: 1928
Introduced basketball in the physical education sections and in the Geneva schools: 1929
Founder and President of the Association Cantonale Genevoise de Basketball (Basketball Association of Geneva's Canton): 1929
Organizer of the I Scholar Basketball Tournament (with 50 participating teams): 1930
Founder and President of the Fédération Suisse de Basketball (Swiss Basketball Federation): 1929
Co-Founded FIBA on 18th June 1932, in Geneva, Switzerland
President of FIBA: 1932-1948
Inspector of physical education in the Geneva cantonal schools: 1934-1957
Organizer of the 1st FIBA European Championship of 1935, in Geneva
Organizer of the 4th FIBA European Championship of 1946, in Geneva
Honorary President of FIBA: since 1948