Nationality Italian 1980–1990 Olimpia Milano Position Center 1966–1980 Pallacanestro Varese Height 2.06 m | Pro career 1966–1994 Role Basketball player Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Name Dino Meneghin Children Andrea Meneghin | |
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NBA draft 1970 / Round: 11 / Pick: 182nd overall Similar People Andrea Meneghin, Pierluigi Marzorati, Sandro Gamba, Dan Peterson, Antonello Riva | ||
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Dino Meneghin ([ˈdino meneˈɡin]; born January 18, 1950) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is widely considered to be the best Italian player ever, as well as one of Europe's all-time greats. A 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall center, Meneghin was born in Alano di Piave, Veneto (northeast Italy). On November 20, 1966, when he was 16 years old, he played in his first game in the Italian League, with Ignis Varese. He played the last game of his career at the age of 45. In 2003, Meneghin was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and in 2010, he became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame.
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- Dino meneghin s basketball hall of fame enshrinement speech
- Basket retro dino meneghin
- Professional career
- Italian national team
- Post playing career
- Clubs
- Individual
- References
Basket retro dino meneghin
Professional career
In total, Meneghin played in 836 games and scored 8,560 points in the Italian League championship. Meneghin became the second player from a European league to be drafted by an NBA team, when the Atlanta Hawks manager Marty Blake selected him with a late-round pick in the 1970 NBA draft. He never played in the USA, however.
In 1980 and 1983, he was elected European Player of the Year: Mr. Europa, and he also won the Euroscar European Player of the Year award in 1983. In 1991, he was named the greatest European basketball player of all time by the Italian basketball magazine Giganti del Basket.
One of the greatest records of his career is his number of Finals appearances in the European Champions Cup (EuroLeague). He played in 10 consecutive finals with Ignis Varese, winning 5; and later in 2 more consecutive finals with Olimpia Milano, winning both. Finally, before his playing career ended, Meneghin played in the Italian League against his son, Andrea, who was also a great international player.
Italian national team
With the senior Italian national basketball team, Meneghin played in 271 games, and totaled 2,847 points scored.
Post-playing career
On September 5, 2003, Meneghin became the second Italian player to enter into the Basketball Hall of Fame, after Cesare Rubini, who served Olimpia Milano, both as player and coach between the 1940s and the 1970s. After his playing career ended, Meneghin has since worked for the Italian Basketball Federation and for Olimpia Milano.