Gomelsky Passes Away

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.

RIEP

Aw man...He was one of the best coaches that Russian team ever had...RIP

Never heard of him but RIP.

A true legend in European basketball... he'll be missed.


PS: Just spotted this thread.