Esko Karhunen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish basketball player
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Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
About Esko Karhunen
- Esko Ensio ”Sir Emal” Karhunen (4 January 1928 – 8 March 2016) was a Finnish basketball player and contributor. The 183-centimetre-tall (6 ft 0 in) Karhunen played his whole SM-sarja career for Pantterit and its predecessors winning a record-high total of 13 Finnish championships.
- He also capped eight times for Finland men's national team and represented his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
- After his career as a player Karhunen was a basketball contributor in Pantterit.
- He organized a practise tournament which was played between 1971–2000 and brought Harlem Globetrotters to Finland.Karhunen was inducted to Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.
- Karhunen died peacefully on March 8, 2016 in Helsinki at 88 years of age.
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