Alvils Gulbis (17 April 1936 – 27 February 2021)
Aizsaulē devies ilggadējais "VEF Rīga" spēlētājs un treneris Alvils Gulbis
was a Latvian basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player.
He played for Rīgas ASK
Rīgas Armijas Sporta Klubs was a professional basketball club that was based in Riga, Latvia.
History
Rīgas ASK was founded in 1931, and started playing in the Latvian Basketball Championship. In the years that Latvia was controlled by the Sovi ...
winning 3 Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and 3 Soviet national championships (1955, 1957, 1958). In 1964 he joined VEF Rīga where he spent five seasons as a player and later on five more seasons as head coach.
His grandson Ernests is a professional tennis player.
References
External links
biography at Rīgas ASK homepage
(Latvian)
basketpedya.com
1936 births
2021 deaths
ASK Riga players
Latvian men's basketball players
Soviet men's basketball players
Latvian basketball coaches
Latvian sports coaches
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