František Konvička (born August 11, 1938 in
Okříšky
Okříšky () is a market town in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.
Etymology
According to one theory, the name is derived from the personal name Okřeša or Oskora. According to the ...
,
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
) is a former Czech professional
basketball
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player and
coach. At 6'3 " tall (1.92 m), he played at the
small forward
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position.
Playing career
Club career
Konvička spent his
club career playing with
Spartak Brno. He reached two
EuroLeague Finals, in
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...
, and
1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
, averaging 26.6 points per game.
National team career
Konvička represented the senior
Czechoslovakian national basketball team for a decade, in international competitions. He won two
EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the E ...
silver medals, in
1959
Events
January
* January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...
and
1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
, as well as a bronze medal in
1969.
Coaching career
After his playing career, Konvička worked as a
basketball coach
Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behavior of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as wel ...
.
See also
*
Czechoslovakian national basketball team
*
List of the best czech basketball players of the 20th century - František Konvička (5th)
*
Czechoslovak Basketball League career stats leaders
*
Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport of Basketball at the Summer Olympics, basketball as an official Olympic medal event. 16 nations were admitted into the Olympic tournament, with many others being elimin ...
*
FIBA All-Star Games
External links
FIBA Profile*
1939 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Czech basketball coaches
Czechoslovak basketball coaches
Czech men's basketball players
Czechoslovak men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players for Czechoslovakia
Small forwards
People from Třebíč District
Sportspeople from the Vysočina Region
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