Hüseyin Öztürk Explained

Hüseyin Öztürk
Career Position:	Forward
Height M:	1.96
Nationality:	Turkish
Birth Date:	1928
Birth Place:	Çorum, Turkey
Team1:	Galatasaray
Awards:	1949 EuroBasket MVP

Hüseyin Öztürk (born 1928) is a Turkish former basketball player.

Öztürk was born in Çorum.^[1] He immigrated to the United States with his family and played basketball there during his student years.^[2] He was later recommended to Galatasaray in Istanbul by his father. He won the Istanbul Men's Basketball League championships with Galatasaray.

Turkish national team

As a member of the senior Turkish national basketball team, Öztürk led the 1949 EuroBasket in scoring average, at 19.3 points per game. His performance earned him the tournament's MVP award, as Turkey finished the tournament in fourth place.^[3] He wore the national team jersey 13 times and was the team captain 5 times.^[4]

External links

• Fiba.com profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018-01-28 . Hüseyin Öztürk – İlk ve Tek Türk MVP (Bölüm –11) . 2024-06-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180128072904/http://www.tbf.org.tr/detay/2015/09/01/h%C3%BCseyin-%C3%B6zt%C3%BCrk-i-lk-ve-tek-t%C3%BCrk-mvp-(b%C3%B6l%C3%BCm-11) . 2018-01-28 .
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3. Web site: 2017-08-18 . EuroBasket Tarihinin En Değerlileri . 2024-06-29 . Eurohoops . tr.
4. "Basketbol millî ekibinde şimdiye kadar yer alan sporcularımız". Milliyet. 14 Ekim 1953. s. 5.