Rufino Bernedo Explained

Rufino Bernedo
Height Ft:5
Height In:7.75
Weight Lb:165
Birth Date:21 December 1926
Birth Place:Freire, Chile
Death Place:Temuco, Chile
Career Number:37, 78
Career Position:Small forward
Career Start:1945
Career End:1959
Years1:1946–1950
Team1:Universidad Católica

Rufino "Chico" Bernedo Zorzano (21 December 1926  - 3 February 2006) was a Chilean basketball player. At a height of 1.72 m (5'7 ") tall, he played at the small forward position. He is generally considered to be the best Chilean basketball player of all time.[1] In November 2013, Sebastián Piñera, the President of Chile, inaugurated a sports center bearing his name, in his honor, in the city of Temuco.[2]

Club career

Bernedo played club basketball in Chile with Universidad Católica (Basket UC) between 1946 and 1950.

National team career

Bernedo was the long-time captain of the senior men's Chilean national basketball team. With Chile, he competed at the men's basketball tournaments at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.[3] With Chile's national team, he also won bronze medals at the 1950 FIBA World Championship and the 1959 FIBA World Championship. He also played at the 1958 FIBA South American Championship.

Personal life

Bernedo was known by the nicknames "Chico", "El Petizo", and "El Rufo".[4] Bernedo died on 3 February 2006, at the age of 79, due to heart failure.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bibliotecanacionaldigital.gob.cl/bnd/628/w3-article-563497.html Rufino Bernedo. Uno en un Millón; Julio Contreras Asenjo; Imprenta Austral; noviembre de 2006 .
  2. https://www.24horas.cl/nacional/pinera-inaugura-polideportivo-de-alto-nivel-en-temuco-950087 Piñera inaugura polideportivo de alto nivel en Temuco .
  3. Rufino Bernedo Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120629/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/rufino-bernedo-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 16 June 2018.
  4. http://www.revistanos.cl/2007/02/rufino-bernedo-zorzano-%C2%A1grande-petizo/ Rufino Bernedo Zorzano: ¡Grande Petizo .
  5. http://www.australtemuco.cl/prontus4_noticias/site/artic/20060204/pags/20060204025607.html Un grande del básquetbol nos dijo adiós .