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by Stevesanity on Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:16 am
http://espn.go.com/classic/obit/s/2005/ ... 35612.html
MOSCOW -- Aleksandr Gomelsky, the Soviet Union basketball coach who ended the 21-game winning streak of the United States at the 1988 Olympics, died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 77.
Gomelsky, who as a child survived the Leningrad siege during World War II, coached the Soviet Union to two world and eight European titles and an Olympic gold medal in 1988.
He began his coaching career in 1949 at age 21 in Leningrad and became coach of SKA Riga in 1953, taking the army club from the Latvian capital to five Soviet league titles and three consecutive European Cups from 1957 to 1959.
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by Anthony15 on Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:42 am
Aw man...He was one of the best coaches that Russian team ever had...RIP
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by Blue Nugget on Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:50 am
Never heard of him but RIP.
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by AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy on Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:45 pm
A true legend in European basketball... he'll be missed.
PS: Just spotted this thread.
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