Hüseyin Öztürk (born 1928) is a
Turkish former
basketball
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player.
Öztürk was born in Çorum. He immigrated to the United States with his family and played basketball there during his student years.
He was later recommended to
Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...
in
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
by his father.
He won the Istanbul Men's Basketball League championships with Galatasaray.
Turkish national team
As a member of the senior
Turkish national basketball team
The Turkey men's national basketball team () represents Turkey in international basketball tournaments. They are governed by the Turkish Basketball Federation. Their nickname is the ''12 Dev Adam'', meaning 12 Giant Men.
Turkey has competed a ...
, Öztürk led the
1949 EuroBasket in scoring average, at 19.3 points per game. His performance earned him
the tournament's MVP award, as Turkey finished the tournament in fourth place. He wore the national team jersey 13 times and was the team captain 5 times.
["Basketbol millî ekibinde şimdiye kadar yer alan sporcularımız". Milliyet. 14 Ekim 1953. s. 5.]
References
External links
Fiba.com profile
1928 births
Possibly living people
Turkish men's basketball players
Forwards (basketball)
Sportspeople from Çorum
20th-century Turkish sportsmen
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