Ottorino Flaborea Explained

Nationality:Italian
Birth Place:Concordia Sagittaria, Italy
Height Ft:6
Height In:6.75
Weight Lb:232
Career Position:Center
Career Start:1959
Career End:1980
Coach Start:1974
Coach End:1980
Years1:1959–1964
Team1:Biella
Years2:1964–1972
Team2:Varese
Years3:1972–1974
Team3:Biella
Years4:1980
Team4:Vigliano Basket Team
Cteam1:Biella
Cyears2:1974–1975
Cteam2:Basket Brescia
Cteam3:Biella
Cyears4:1980
Cteam4:Vigliano Basket Team
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Ottorino Flaborea (born 5 March 1940) is a retired Italian professional basketball player and coach. His nickname as a player, was "Captain Hook", due to his great hook shot. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2008.

Club career

Flaborea was a FIBA European Selection, in 1972.

National team career

Flaborea was a part of the senior Italian national basketball teams that won the bronze medal at the 1971 EuroBasket, and finished in fourth place at the 1965 EuroBasket. He also competed at the 1964, 1968, and 1972 Summer Olympic Games, finishing in fifth, eighth, and fourth place, respectively.

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