A total of 17 outstanding basketball personalities from 12 different countries will be inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame on 12th September during the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Istanbul (Turkey), the International Basketball Federation announced today.
National icons Oscar Schmidt (Brazil), Arvydas Sabonis (Lithuania), Dino Meneghin (Italy) and Vlade Divac and Dragan Kićanović (both from Serbia) are among the inductees for the 2010 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Two of the best female players of all time, Cheryl Miller (USA) and Natalia Zassoulskaya (Russia), complete the list of players.
A combined 14 Olympic medals and 15 FIBA World Championship medals underline the prominence of the seven players and three coaches inducted.
The selected referees and contributors were at the top of the game for decades and belong to the most decorated in their field.
“The 2010 Class has stardom, character and countless merits for the promotion of our game,” said FIBA President Bob Elphinston.
“The inductees were and still are brilliant on and off the court. We are very proud to host the 2010 ceremony in the presence of all these great women and men during the FIBA World Championship and give them the public platform they deserve.”
Here is the full list of the 2010 Class:
PLAYERS:
Vlade Divac Serbia
Dragan KiĆanoviĆ Serbia
Dino Meneghin Italia
Cheryl Miller U.S.A.
Arvydas Sabonis Lithuania
Oscar Schmidt Brazil
Natalia Zassoulskaya Russia
COACHES:
Lindsay Gaze Australia
Evgeny GomelskY Russia
Mirko Novosel Croatia
TECHNICAL OFFICIALS:
Jim Bain U.S.A.
Konstantinos Dimou Greece
CONTRIBUTORS:
George Killian U.S.A.
Hans-Joachim Otto Germany
Ernesto Segura de Luna (posthumously) Spain
Abdoulaye Seye Moreau Senegal
Al RAMSAY * Australia
* Al Ramsay was selected for the 2009 Class, but will officially be enshrined in 2010.
