Nationality Belarusian Pro career 1963–1981 Height 1.96 m NBA draft 1967 / Undrafted Role Basketball Player | Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg) Name Ivan Edeshko Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Number 9 | |
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Born March 25, 1945 (age 79) Hrodna district, Grodno Region, Byelorussian SFSR, Soviet Union ( 1945-03-25 ) | ||
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Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko (Belarusian: Іван Іванавіч Ядэшка; Russian: Иван Иванович Едешко; born March 25, 1945 in Stetski village, Hrodna Voblast, Byelorussian SSR) is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player who won gold with the Soviet national team in the 1972 Olympics, in which his all court inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left in the gold medal game against the American national team, setting the final score to 51-50. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Moscow, and played for CSKA Moscow (1971–1980).
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