Edgar Naarits (22 July 1920 – 4 May 2004) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n basketball coach and sport pedagogue. He was born in

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. 1943–1944 he graduated from a sport school in Moscow. In 1937 he founded Tartu Kalev basketball team. During

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, he was mobilized into

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

. He got injured. 1945-1970 he taught at

Tartu State University The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

's Institute of Physical Education. 1976–1995 he was the headmaster of Tartu Basketball School. He has coached many basketball clubs and national teams (1946–1956 Estonia men's national basketball team, 1947–1976

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). Awards: * 1957: Merited Coach of Soviet Union * 1999:

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ...

, IV class * 2002: () * 2020: chosen to the Hall of Fame of Estonian Basketball

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Naarits, Edgar 1920 births 2004 deaths Estonian sports coaches Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class University of Tartu alumni Sportspeople from Tartu