Oscar Moglia
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Born | Montevideo, Uruguay | February 1, 1935|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 October 1989 Montevideo, Uruguay | (aged 54)|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Uruguayan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 8.75 in (2.05 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 1953 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1950–1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Small forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1950–1972 | Club Atlético Welcome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oscar Aldo Moglia (February 1, 1935 – October 8, 1989) was a basketball player from Uruguay. He was Jewish.[1]
Club career[]
During his club career, Moglia played with the Uruguayan team Club Atlético Welcome. He won five Uruguayan Federal Championships (1953, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1967). He was the league's second all-time highest scorer, after Fefo Ruiz, with 11,374 career total points scored.
National team career[]
With the senior Uruguayan national basketball team, Moglia was the top scorer in points per game, of the 1954 FIBA World Championship, with a scoring average of 18.7 points per game.[2] He was also named to the All-Tournament Team. He won the bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympic Games, in Melbourne, Australia. He was also the leading scorer of that tournament, with a scoring average of 26.0 points per game.[3]
He also played at the 1967 FIBA World Championship. He won gold medals at the 1953 FIBA South American Championship and the 1955 FIBA South American Championship, and a silver medal at the 1958 FIBA South American Championship. He was the leading scorer of the FIBA South American Championship three times, (1955, 1958, 1960).
On June 11, Moglia was inducted to the FIBA Hall of Fame, class of 2021[4]
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- Olympic bronze medalists for Uruguay
- Olympic medalists in basketball
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