Joaquín Hernández Gallego (born 5 February 1933 – 20 January 1965) was a Spanish

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player and

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Club career

Hernández played with the Spanish club Espanyol Bàsquet, from 1951 to 1955. After that, he played with

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. As a member of Real Madrid, he won 2 Spanish League championships, in 1957 and 1958, and also 2 Spanish Kings's Cups, in 1956 and 1957.

National team career

Hernández played internationally with the senior Spanish men's national basketball team, in 41

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. He won the gold medal at the

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. He also played at the

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Coaching career

After retirement he continued in 1960 in the sport as a

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. He became the

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in 1962, and with them he won 2 Spanish League championships, in 1963 and 1964. He also won the premier European-wide competition, the

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(now called

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) championship, of the 1963–64 season. Hernández was also the head coach of the senior Spanish national team. He coached Spain at the

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, and he also led them to the silver medal at the

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Personal life

Hernández died at age 31, in

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, on 20 January 1965, from

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