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Torfi Magnússon
Torfi Magnússon (born 6 June 1955) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. He was named the Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year in 1980 and won two national championships with Valur in the 1980s. In 2001, he was named to the Icelandic basketball team of the 20th century on the 40 year anniversary of the Icelandic Basketball Federation. Playing career Torfi started his senior career with Valur during the 1972–1973 season. He spent 16 seasons with Valur, winning the national championship in 1980 and 1983. In 1984, he was named the Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year. Torfi, along with several former national team players, joined 1. deild karla club Víkverjar in October 1989. Víkverjar finished second in the league and played a promotion playoffs game against Þór Akureyri, who finished second-to-last in the Úrvalsdeild. In the game, Þór blew out Víkverjar 94–53, with Torfi scoring a game h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center (basketball)
The center (C), or the centre, also known as the five, the big or the pivot, is one of the five Basketball position, positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is almost always the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well. In the National Basketball Association, NBA, the center is typically close to tall; centers in the Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA are typically above . Centers traditionally play close to the basket in the low post. The two tallest players in NBA history, Manute Bol and Gheorghe Mureșan, were both centers, each standing tall. Centers are valued for their ability to protect their own goal from high-percentage close attempts on defense, while scoring and rebounding with high efficiency on offense. In the 1950s and 1960s, George Mikan and Bill Russell were centerpieces of championship dynasties and defined early prototypical centers. With the addition of a three-point field goal for the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tíminn
''Tíminn'' () was an Icelandic daily newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ... founded in 1917. It had close ties with the Icelandic Progressive Party but after years of financial difficulties, the party severed all ties with the paper in 1993. It merged with the newspaper ''Dagur'' in 1996, becoming ''Dagur-Tíminn''. Its last edition came out on 28 August 1996. References External linksPublished Issuesat the National and University Library of Iceland {{DEFAULTSORT:Timinn 1917 establishments in Iceland Newspapers established in 1917 Daily newspapers published in Iceland Defunct newspapers published in Iceland Mass media in Reykjavík Publications disestablished in 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haukar Men's Basketball Coaches
Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar (, ) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Football, Handball, Basketball, Rugby union, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The club was founded on 12 April 1931, when 13 young boys got together in a local KFUM (Icelandic YMCA YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches w ...) house to form a new athletic club in the town. At the club's 3rd meeting, they decided that it would be named Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar. Facilities Haukar's home is Ásvellir which has a purpose-built arena for Handball and Basketball as well as a grass and artificial turf field for the Football team. On 8 October 2009, it was announced that Haukar would play home games in the Pepsi-Deildin at Valur's Vodafonevöllurinn for the next 3 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valur Men's Basketball Coaches
Valur may refer to: People * Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 1998), Icelandic football player * Björn Valur Gíslason (born 1959), Icelandic politician * Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 1979), Icelandic handball player * Guðni Valur Guðnason (born 1995), Icelandic discus thrower * Kristján Valur Ingólfsson (born 1947), Icelandic priest * Valur Gíslason (born 1977), Icelandic football player * Valur Ingimundarson (born 1962), Icelandic basketball player and coach * Valur Orri Valsson (born 1994), Icelandic basketball player * Valur Valsson (born 1961), Icelandic football player Places * Válur, Faroe Islands Sports * Valur (club), an Icelandic multi-sport club ** Valur (men's football) ** Valur (women's football) ** Valur (men's handball) ** Valur (women's handball) ** Valur (men's basketball) ** Valur (women's basketball) * Valur Reyðarfirði, a defunct club that merged into Knattspyrnufélag Fjarðabyggðar Knattspyrnufélag Fjarðabyggðar (, ), abbreviated as KFF, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úrvalsdeild Karla (basketball) Players
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Úrvalsdeild karla is a name given to top-tier men's competitions in Iceland and may refer to: * Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball), the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland * Úrvalsdeild karla (football), the top tier men's football league in Iceland * Úrvalsdeild karla (handball), the top tier men's handball league in Iceland See also * Úrvalsdeild kvenna (other) Úrvalsdeild kvenna is a name given to top-tier women's competitions in Iceland and may refer to: * Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), the top tier women's basketball league in Iceland * Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football), the top tier women's football l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Men's Basketball Players
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic orthography *Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (other) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandair * Icelandic horse The Icelandic horse ( ), or Icelandic, is a Horse breed, breed of horse developed in Iceland. Although the horses are smaller (at times pony-sized) than other breeds, most Breed registry, registries for the Icelandic refer to it as a horse. Th ..., a breed of domestic horse * Icelandic sheep, a breed of domestic sheep * Icelandic Sheepdog, a breed of domestic dog * Icelandic cattle, a breed of cattle * Icelandic chicken, a breed of chicken {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1955 Births
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first Nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18–January 20, 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Taiwan from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pétur Guðmundsson (basketball)
Pétur Karl Guðmundsson (born 30 October 1958) is an Icelandic former professional basketball player and coach. Standing , weighing and playing the center (basketball), center position, Pétur was the first Icelander and one of the first European players ever to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Often described as the greatest Icelandic basketball player of all time, he was named the Icelandic basketball team of the 20th century, Icelandic Basketball Player of the 20th century by the Icelandic Basketball Association in 2001, and in 2015, he was inducted in to the ÍSÍ Hall of Fame, National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland Hall of Fame. Pétur was also a member of the Iceland men's national basketball team, Icelandic national basketball team from 1978 to 1992 but missed several years of competition due to FIBA rules banning professional players from playing for national teams. Early life Pétur was born and raised in Reykjavík to an Icelandic father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
