Jacques Perrier (12 October 1924 – 23 June 2015) was a French
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
player. He was inducted into the
French Basketball Hall of Fame
The French Basketball Academy ( French: Académie du basket-ball français) is a hall of fame that honors individuals (or whole teams) that have contributed to the spread and improvement of French basketball, through their sporting contributions, ...
, in 2006.
French national team
Perrier was
the leading scorer of the
EuroBasket 1947
The 1947 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1947, was the fifth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took ...
. He also played at the
1948 Summer Olympic Games
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...
. He was a part of the senior
French national team that won the silver medal.
References
External links
Jacques Perrier on databaseOlympics.comJacques Perrier's obituary
1924 births
2015 deaths
French men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players for France
Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for France
Olympic medalists in basketball
Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Shooting guards
1950 FIBA World Championship players
20th-century French sportsmen
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