Waldyr Geraldo Boccardo (alternate spelling: Waldir) (28 January 1936 – 18 November 2018) was a Brazilian
basketball
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player.
Campeão mundial com a seleção em 1959, Waldir Boccardo morre aos 82 anos, no Rio de Janeiro
He was a member of the team that won the title at the 1959 World Championship and the bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics.
Boccardo was born in São Manuel
São Manuel is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 41,123 (2020 est.) in an area of 651 km². The elevation is 709 m.
History
On April 19, 1850, lieutenant Manoel Gomes de Faria, Dona Delfina Carolina Gomes, ...
, and died, aged 82, in Rio de Janeiro
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.
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FIBA Profile
CBB Profile
1936 births
2018 deaths
Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Brazilian men's basketball players
1959 FIBA World Championship players
CR Vasco da Gama basketball players
Flamengo basketball players
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic basketball players of Brazil
Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
Olympic medalists in basketball
Sportspeople from São Paulo (state)
FIBA World Championship-winning players
People from São Manuel
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