Erkki Arto Juhani Koivisto
(12 April 1930 – 6 March 2016) was a Finnish
basketball
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player.
The Koivisto played his
SM-sarja career for
Karhun Pojat and
Työväen Maila-Pojat. He was the top scorer of the league in 1953 season. Koivisto also capped 21 times for
Finland men's national team and represented his country at the EuroBasket tournaments in
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
and
1957
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where Finland placed ninth and 11th, respectively. After his career as a player Koivisto worked as a headmaster. Koivisto died on 6 March 2016 in
Espoo
Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...
at 85 years of age.
Sources
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References
1930 births
2016 deaths
Finnish men's basketball players
Sportspeople from South Savo
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