Nikos Galis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Nikos Galis

Greek-American professional basketball player

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1957

Place of Birth: Union City, New Jersey, United States

Profession: businessperson, entrepreneur, basketball player

Nationality: United States, Greece

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Nikos Galis

  • Nikolaos Georgalis (Greek: ?????a?? Ge???a???; born July 23, 1957), commonly known as either Nikos Galis (Greek: ????? G?????), or Nick Galis, is a retired Greek professional basketball player.
  • He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991, is an inaugural member of the FIBA Hall of Fame and was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008.
  • Galis is widely regarded as one of Europe's greatest scorers to ever play the game, as well as one of the all-time greatest players in FIBA international basketball history.
  • In 2017, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.Galis played the point guard position during his college basketball years at Seton Hall University, but turned into a shooting guard as a professional.
  • He spent most of his career in Aris, before having a late stint with Panathinaikos.
  • He is the EuroLeague's all-time leader in points per game (counting both FIBA Europe and Euroleague Basketball Company era games 1958 season–present), leading the competition in scoring eight times.
  • In the premier European club scene, he reached the EuroLeague Final Four on four occasions, three consecutive times with Aris (1988, 1989, and 1990), and another one with Panathinaikos (1994).
  • An eight-time Greek league champion, Galis is the Greek Championship's unofficial all-time leading scorer, in both career points scored and career scoring average, counting all league formats (since the 1963–64 season, official stats are recognized since the 1992–93 season). Galis led the senior Greek national team to a EuroBasket gold medal in 1987, as well as to a EuroBasket silver medal in 1989, earning the tournament MVP honor in 1987, and being elected to the All-EuroBasket Team four times.
  • Among his myriad accomplishments, he holds the EuroBasket record for highest career scoring average (31.2 points per game), and was the leading scorer of four EuroBasket tournaments in 1983, 1987, 1989, and 1991.
  • In addition to that, he holds the FIBA World Championship/Cup record for highest career scoring average (33.5 points per game), as well as for most points ever scored in a single tournament, which he set at the 1986 FIBA World Championship.
  • Following the stunning success of the EuroBasket title in 1987, he won the Mr.
  • Europa Player of the Year and the Euroscar awards the same year. Nicknamed "Iron Man", "Nick The Greek", and "The Gangster", Galis is highly revered in Greece, where he is considered by many to be the greatest national athlete the country has ever seen.
  • His years at Aris lifted Greek basketball from relative obscurity, to global power status, with Galis being the figure that eventually inspired thousands of Greeks to take up the game.

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