Anselmo López (basketball)

Anselmo López (May 5, 1910 in Velayos, Spain – December 14, 2004 in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish basketball coach and administrator. He was a head coach of the Spain national basketball team in 1947-1950, president of the Spanish Basketball Federation in 1966-1971, vice-president (in 1967-1971) and Secretary General (in 1971-1986) of the Spanish Olympic Committee. He was awarded the top civil distinction in Spain, Gran Cruz de la Real Orden del Mérito Civil, in 1991. In 2007, he was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame as a contributor.

External links

FIBA Hall of Fame page on López

FIBA Hall of Fame inductees

Coaches (20)

Alexeyeva Díaz-Miguel Donohue Ferrándiz A. Gomelsky E. Gomelsky Gaze Iba Kondrashin Newell Nikolić Novosel Primo Rubini Smith Soares Stirling Summitt Yow Žeravica

Contributors (32)

Airaldi Rivarola Ashry Atakol Bouffard Busnel Calvo Carneiro Dos Reis Greim Hepp Jones Killian Kozlowski López Martín Naismith Otto Pitzl Popović Ramsay Šaper Saporta Scuri Seguro de Luna Semashko Seye Moreau Stanković Steitz Ueda Vitale Wahby Yoon

Players (43)

Technical officials (14)

Arabadjian Bain Belošević Blanchard Dimou Hopenhaym Kassai Kostin Lazarov Pfeuti Rae Reverberi Rigas Righetto

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