Henri Grange
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| Born | 14 September 1934 Saillans, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1953–1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| –1953 | BUS Casablanca | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1969 | ASVEL Villeurbanne | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Henri Grange (born 14 September 1934) is a French former basketball player. During his playing career, Grange was nicknamed "The Moroccan". He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.
Club career
During his club career, as a member of the French basketball club ASVEL Villeurbanne, Grange won seven French League championships, in the years 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1966, 1968, and 1969. He also won three French Federation Cup titles, in the years 1957, 1965, and 1967. On an individual level, Grange was a member of the FIBA European Selection Teams, in 1965.
National team career
Grange was a member of the senior men's French national team, from 1953 to 1969. With France, he had a total of 133 caps. Grange competed with the French teams at the following major FIBA tournaments: the 1954 FIBA World Championship, the 1955 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, the 1957 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1959 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics,[1] the 1961 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1963 FIBA World Championship, and the 1964 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
With France, Grange won bronze medals at the 1959 FIBA EuroBasket, and the 1964 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Henri Grange Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
External links
- Henri Grange at FIBA.basketball
- Henri Grange at FIBA.com (archived)
- Henri Grange at Eurobasket.com
- Henri Grange at Proballers
- Henri Grange – Basketball-Reference.com international player profile
- Henri Grange at Olympedia