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Name: Dino Meneghin Nickname: N/A Born: January 18, 1950 Status: Retired, INducted into the Basketball Hall-Of-Fame on September 05, 2003 Origin: Alano di Piave, Italy Height: 6-9/2,06m Weight: 240lbs/107,4kg Schools: N/A Drafted: 1970, by the Atlanta Hawks Languages: Italian, English Website: InterBasket & HoopsHall Profile Teams (jersey): Italian National Team, Ingnis (Verese, Italy) (1966-81), Olympia (Milano, Italy) (1981-90, 1993-94), Stefanel (Trieste, Italy) (1990-93) Ibn Notes: In 1970, Meneghin became the first foreign player to ever be drafted by an NBA team In 1970, Dino was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks. In Meneghin's 20 seasons in the Italian league, Dino lead his teams to an amazing twelve Italian Basketball League Championships (1969-74, 1977-78, 1982, 1985-87, 1989) and finished second place in those Italian Championships eight times. In 1980, he helped the Italian National Team bring home the silver medal from the Moscow Olympics. Dino Meneghin is a legend and in 2003, he became the second Italiain to ever be inducted into the Basketball Hall-Of-Fame. Back in 1991, FIBA named Meneghin as one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players with the likes of other international basketball legends Arvydas Sabonis, Nikos Galis, Juan Antonio Corbalan, Andrew Gaze, Oscar Schmidt, Teo Cruz, Sergei Belov, Drazen Petrovic, Modestas Paulauskas, Toni Kukoc, Alexander Volkov, and Vlade Divac among others... the list was determined by votes from a group of international experts and coaches. |
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