Sergei Belov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sergei Belov

Soviet professional basketball player

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1944

Place of Birth: Tomsk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 03-Oct-2013

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (Russian: ?????´? ??????´??????? ????´?; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team.
He is considered to be one of the best European basketball players of all time, and was given the honour of lighting the Olympic Cauldron with the Olympic flame during the 1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, in Moscow. In 1991, Belov was named by FIBA as the Best FIBA Player ever.
He became the first international player to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on 11 May 1992.
He was also inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007 and was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008.