Dino Meneghin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dino Meneghin

basketball player

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1950

Place of Birth: Alano di Piave, Veneto, Italy

Profession: basketball player, sports administrator

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Dino Meneghin (Italian pronunciation: ['di?no mene'gin], Venetian: [mene'gi?]; born January 18, 1950) is an Italian former professional basketball player.
He is widely considered to be the best Italian player ever, as well as one of Europe's all-time greats.
A 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall center, Meneghin was born in Alano di Piave, Veneto (northeast Italy).
On November 20, 1966, when he was 16 years old, he played in his first game in the Italian League, with Ignis Varese.
He played the last game of his career at the age of 45.
In 2003, Meneghin was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and in 2010, he became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame.