Hossein Soudipour ( fa, حسین صعودی‌پور) (21 March 1922 – 13 September 2017) was a medical doctor and former basketball player and head coach of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

's national basketball team. He was the former director of Iran's ministry of health before the Islamic revolution.

Early life

Soudipour was born in Tehran, Iran. His original name was not Soudipour he had to change his name due to Iranian politics . His original name was Kahn baba.

Basketball career

Hossein was a part of Iran's national basketball team at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

in London, the first time that Iran's team qualified for the competition. He was also a member of the team when they won the bronze medal in the

1951 Asian Games The 1951 Asian Games ( hi, 1951 एशियाई खेल; Marathi: १९५१ आशियाई खेळ), officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. The Game ...

in New Delhi. He was chosen personally by the late Shah

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , title = Shahanshah Aryamehr Bozorg Arteshtaran , image = File:Shah_fullsize.jpg , caption = Shah in 1973 , succession = Shah of Iran , reign = 16 September 1941 – 11 February 1979 , coronation = 26 October ...

to be on the team . The shah loved watching him play specially his sky hooks . His team still the only Iranian national basketball team that has won any games in the olympics . His favorite player of all times was Bob Cousy . He was the head coach of the Iranian national basketball team from 1966 until 1968.

References

External links

www.starball.ir
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