 French professionalbasketball player,coach, and administrator | |
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| Born | (1914-09-19)19 September 1914 Toulon, France |
| Died | 15 March 1991(1991-03-15) (aged 76) Lyon, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3.75 in (1.92 m) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1929–1952 |
| Position | Power forward |
| Coaching career | 1945–1966 |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1929– | FA Mulhouse |
| –1945 | FC Grenoble |
| 1946–1947 | ESSMG Lyon |
| 1947–1949 | UA Marseille |
| 1949–1952 | Racing Club de France |
Coaching | |
| 1945–1957 | France Women |
| 1947–1957 | France |
| 1949–1952 | Racing Club de France |
| 1965–1966 | Real Madrid |
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| FIBA Hall of Fame | |
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Robert Busnel (19 September 1914 – 15 March 1991) was a French professionalbasketball player,coach, and administrator. During his playing career, the 1.92 m (6'33⁄4") tall Busnel, played at thepower forward position. He was made anOfficer of the Legion of Honor, in 1989, and was awarded theOlympic Order, by theIOC, in 1990. He was inducted into theFrench National Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. He was inducted into theFrench Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2005. In 2007, he was enshrined as a contributor to theFIBA Hall of Fame.
During his playing career, Busnel playedclub basketball withFA Mulhouse,FC Grenoble,ESSMG Lyon,UA Marseille, andRacing Club de France.
Busnel played for the seniorFrench national team, from 1934 to 1949. He played at the1939 EuroBasket, the1946 EuroBasket, the1947 EuroBasket, and the1949 EuroBasket, where he won a silver medal.
Busnelcoached the seniorFrench national women's team, from 1945 to 1957. He won a bronze medal at the1953 FIBA World Championship for Women. He also coached the seniorFrench national men's team (1947–1957), winning a silver medal at the1948 Summer Olympic Games, a silver medal atEuroBasket 1949 (he was aplayer-coach in that tournament), and bronze medals atEuroBasket 1951 andEuroBasket 1953.
In the 1965–66 season, he coachedReal Madrid, on theclub level.
Busnel was the technical director (1960–1964), and President (1967–1980), of theFrench Basketball Federation. He was the President of the Standing Conference of Europe (nowFIBA Europe), from 1976 to 1982. He served as a President ofFIBA, in 1984–1990.
Busnel received theCroix de Guerre 1939–1945. TheFrench Basketball Cup is named after him, in his honor. Busnel, along with his wife Joëlle, and one of his nephews,[1] died in anauto crash, in 1991, outside ofLyon.[2]
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