Kari Hautala (10 March 1973 – 5 July 2016) was a Finnish
basketball
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player.
The Hautala played his whole
SM-sarja career for
Torpan Pojat
Torpan Pojat, shortened to ToPo, is a basketball club based in Helsinki, Finland. Torpan Pojat has their men's and women's team playing in national 1st division and many minor and junior teams in different age categories.
History
The club was ...
winning three Finnish championships and three Finnish Cup championships. He also played three seasons with ToPo at the
EuroCup/Saporta Cup achieving Round of 16 in
1997–98 season at best and capped 15 times for
Finland men's national team. Hautala was awarded as
Korisliiga Defensive Player of the Year in 1998 and
Korisliiga Sixth Man of the Year
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in 1994 and 1998.
Hautala died of heart attack on 5 July 2016 at 43 years of age.
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References
1973 births
2016 deaths
Finnish men's basketball players
Sportspeople from Helsinki
Torpan Pojat players
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