Neftalí Rivera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Olympic basketball player
Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1948
Place of Birth: Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, United States
Date of Death: 23-Dec-2017
Profession: basketball player
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Neftalí Rivera
- Neftalí Rivera Oliveras (November 3, 1948 – December 23, 2017) was a Puerto Rican basketball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
- He holds the record for most points in a game in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional when he scored 79 points on May 22, 1974.
- In that game he achieved the record by making 34 field goals (all of them 2-pointers as the 3-pointers were not adopted back then) and 11 free throws.
- He died on December 23, 2017, at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, due to respiratory problems.
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