Esko Karhunen Explained

Esko Karhunen
Height Ft:	6
Height In:	0
Birth Date:	4 January 1928^[1]
Birth Place:	Helsinki, Finland
Death Place:	Helsinki, Finland
Nationality:	Finnish
Years1:	1944–1960
Team1:	Kiri-Veikot / HOK-Veikot / Pantterit
Highlights:	Member of Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame 1952 Summer Olympics (15th) 13 SM-sarja championships

Esko Ensio ”Sir Emal” Karhunen (4 January 1928 – 8 March 2016) was a Finnish basketball player and contributor.

The 183adj=midNaNadj=mid Karhunen spent his whole SM-sarja career at Pantterit basketball club, and its predecessors, in Helsinki, and was in a record 13 Finnish championship-winning teams. He was also capped eight times for the Finland men's national team and represented his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.^[2]

After his career as a player, Karhunen was a basketball contributor in Pantterit. He organized a practice tournament which was played between 1971–2000 and brought the Harlem Globetrotters to Finland.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Karhunen was inducted into the Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.^[6] Karhunen died on 8 March 2016 in Helsinki at 88 years of age.^[7]

External links

• Web site: Esko Karhunen . Finnish Basketball Association . 9 March 2016 . 10 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160310010826/http://www.baskethotel.com/fba/en/esko-karhunen . dead .
• Web site: National Team Statistics . Finnish Basketball Association . 9 March 2016 . 10 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160310013019/http://www.basket.fi/maajoukkueet/pelaajat-ja-valmentajat/pelaaja/?season_id=null&player_id=363273#stf . dead .
• Web site: Esko Karhunen . Finnish Basketball Museum . 9 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150801112949/http://www.koripallomuseo.fi/index.php/hof/177 . 1 August 2015 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Koripallon arvokisoissa pelanneet suomalaismiehet . Suomen Urheilutietäjät ry . 2011 . 17 February 2016 . 22 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150722195711/http://www.saunalahti.fi/~sut/kesa2012/koris.html . dead .
2. Esko Karhunen Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182818/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/esko-karhunen-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 June 2018.
3. Esko Karhunen – Finnish Basketball Association
4. National Team Statistics – Finnish Basketball Association
5. Esko Karhunen – Finnish Basketball Museum
6. Web site: Salmi, Hakola ja Karhunen Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen . Finnish Basketball Association . 13 September 2012 . 9 March 2016.
7. Web site: Koripallolegenda Esko Karhunen on poissa . Finnish Basketball Association . 9 March 2012 . 9 March 2016.