Gianluigi Porelli
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Gianluigi "Gigi" Porelli (10 June 1930 – 4 September 2009) was an Italian basketball executive. Porelli was one of the greatest contributors to the growth and development of the sport of basketball in the country of Italy. In 2007, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.[1][2]
Basketball management career[]
Porelli was the President of the Italian basketball club Virtus Bologna, from 1968 to 1989. At the time of his death, he was also the club's honorary president.
In 1970, he was also one of the founders of the Lega Basket, the governing body of the top-tier level professional Italian basketball league. In 1991, he was also one of the founders of ULEB,[3] the Union of European Leagues of Basketball, along with Eduardo Portela. He also served as ULEB's first President, from 1991 to 1998. He was also the honorary president of ULEB.
In 2014, the Euroleague Basketball Company, which organizes the top-tier European-wide professional club basketball competition (the EuroLeague), named its Executive of the Year Award after Porelli, in his honor.[4]
References[]
- ^ "1984, personaggio dell'anno: Gianluigi Porelli". SuperBasket (in Italian). 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ^ www.lexicon.it. "Gian Luigi Porelli". FIP sito ufficiale Italia Basket Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ^ Euroleague mourns ULEB founder Gianluigi Porelli.
- ^ Euroleague Executive of the Year award named in memory of Gianluigi Porelli.
External links[]
- Gianluigi Porelli at ULEB.com
- Gianluigi Porelli at Virtuspedia.it (in Italian)
- 1930 births
- 2009 deaths
- Basketball executives
- Italian basketball biography stubs