Jacques Cachemire (born 27 February 1947 in Pointe-a-Pitre,

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) is a French former professional

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player and

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. At a height of 1.97 m (6'5 ") tall, he played at the

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and

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positions. He was inducted into the

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, in 2007. He was inducted into the

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in 2016.

Club career

Cachemire was a member of the

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, in 1974, 1975, and 1979. He won the

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championship in 1970 and 1980. He was the French League Best Scorer, in 1975

National team career

Cachemire had 250

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with the senior men's

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, from 1969 to 1983. He scored 2,837 points with the senior French national team. He played at 6

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

, and

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

References

External links

FIBA Profile
1947 births Living people French basketball coaches French men's basketball players French people of Guadeloupean descent Olympique Antibes basketball players Power forwards Small forwards Stade Auto Lyon players Union Tours Basket Métropole players Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Competitors at the 1975 Mediterranean Games 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-basketball-bio-stub