Ioannis Spanoudakis

Ioannis Spanoudakis (alternate spellings: Giannis, Yiannis, Yannis) (Greek: Ιωάννης "Γιάννης" Σπανουδάκης) (1930 – 10 June 2010), was a Greek basketball player and coach. He represented the Greece men's national basketball team. Along with his brother, Alekos,[1] he is considered to be one of the early leading pioneers of the sport of modern basketball in the country of Greece. He was the long-time player / head coach of the Greek Basket League club Olympiacos, acting simultaneously in both roles, while with the club.

Ioannis Spanoudakis
Ιωάννης Σπανουδάκης
Personal information
Born(1930-01-01)1 January 1930
Chania, Crete, Greece
Died10 June 2010(2010-06-10) (aged 79)
Athens, Greece
NationalityGreek
Career information
Playing career1947–1967
Coaching career1947–1966
Career history
As player:
1947–1964Olympiacos
0000Virtus Bologna
0000Motomorini Bologna
As coach:
1947–1966Olympiacos
Career highlights and awards
As a player:

As a head coach:

Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Greece
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place1955 Spain

Club career

Spanoudakis played basketball at the club level with the Greek Basket League team Olympiacos. While with Olympiacos in the 1950s, Spanoudakis trained with Bob Cousy[2] and Greek-American Lou Tsioropoulos, of the NBA's Boston Celtics, in Greece. Spanoudakis, and his brother, Alekos, learned the American style of basketball from the two Celtics players, and they were the first two athletes to bring American basketball techniques to Greece.

He also played in the Italian LBA League, with Virtus Bologna and Motomorini Bologna.

National team career

Spanoudakis was a member of the Greek men's national basketball team. With Greece, he played at the 1951 EuroBasket,[3] and at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games.[4] He also played at the 1960 Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Coaching career

Spanoudakis was the head coach of the Greek Basket League club Olympiacos.

References
  1. Jean Spanoudakis Related Olympians: Brother of Alexandros Spanoudakis.
  2. 1938–1960: The birth and the first championships.
  3. Yiannis SPANOUDAKIS (GRE).
  4. Giannis SPANOUDAKIS (GRE).
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