Faidon Matthaiou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Faidon Matthaiou

Greek basketball player and coach, and rower

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1924

Place of Birth: Thessaloniki, Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Date of Death: 17-Sep-2011

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach, rower, volleyball player

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Faidon Matthaiou, also spelled Fedon Mattheou and Phaedon Mathaiou (Greek: Fa?d?? ?at?a???) (12 July 1924 – 17 September 2011) was a Greek professional basketball player and coach.
He was a center at the start of his career, and at the end of his career, he also played as a point guard.
He wore the number 1 jersey throughout his career.
He represented Greece twice at the Summer Olympics.
As a rower at the 1948 Summer Olympics, and as a basketball player at the 1952 Summer Olympics.Faidon Matthaiou is widely considered to be the Patriarch of Greek basketball.