1980 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1980 throughout the world.
International competitions
Men's national teams
Senior
Youth
Women's national teams
Senior
Youth
Club competitions
Continental championships
Men
Women
Domestic championships
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductions
Births
Deaths
- February 5 — Skinny Johnson, American Hall of Fame college (Kansas) and AAU player (born 1911)
- February 29 — Doug Kistler, American NBA player (born 1938)
- April 22 — Decio Scuri, Italian Olympic coach and FIBA executive (born March 18)
- May 5 — Stewart Way, American NCAA coach (born 1911)
- May 23 — Terry Furlow, American NBA player (born 1954)
- June 12 — Johnny Horan, American NBA and EPBL player (born 1916)
- August 19 — Sadi Gülçelik, Turkish club and Olympic player (born 1930)
- October 4 — Sihugo Green, American NBA player (born 1933)
- October 27 — Art Hillhouse, American NBA player (born 1916)
- November 14 — Johnny Horan, American NBA player (born 1932)
- November 25 — Joe Cipriano, American college coach (Idaho, Nebraska) (born 1931)
- November 27 — Ferenc Hepp, Hungarian FIBA executive (born 1909)
- November 30 — Mieko Fukui, Japanese Olympic player (born 1956)
- December 5 — Eddie Hickey, Hall of Fame American college coach (Creighton, Saint Louis, Marquette) (born 1902)
- December 19 — Tarzan Cooper, American Hall of Fame player (New York Renaissance) (born 1907)
See also
References
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