French Basketball Hall of Fame Names
Presented here is only a portion of the long and extensive list of the many contributors to France Basket History.
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Marcel Barillé
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Étienne Rolland (31 August 1912 – 12 August 2003) was a French basketball player. He competed in the men’s tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007
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Jacques Cachemire (born 27 February 1947 in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe[1]) is a French former professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 1.97 m (6’5 3⁄4“) tall, he played at the small forward and power forward positions. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2007. He was inducted into the French National Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
Robert Monclar (13 August 1930 – 4 December 2012) was a French basketball player. He competed in the men’s tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1] He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Jacques Perrier (12 October 1924 – 23 June 2015) was a French basketball player. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2006.
Élisabeth Riffiod (born 20 July 1947) is a former French women’s professional basketball player. With 247 games played with the national team and 6 French championships won, she is considered as one of the best French centers to ever play the game.
She was awarded with the Glory of Sport in 1993. She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2006.
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Henri Grange (born 14 September 1934) is a French former basketball player. During his playing career, Grange was nicknamed “The Moroccan”. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.
Louis Bertorelle (5 August 1932 – 27 February 2012)[1] was a French basketball player. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2008.
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Jean-Michel Sénégal (born 5 June 1953) is a French basketball player. He competed in the men’s tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.
Georgette Coste-Venitien
Jacques Flouret (8 September 1907 – 4 October 1973) was a multi-talented French athlete.
Philippe “Philip” Szanyiel (born 23 December 1960) is a French former professional basketball player and coach. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, as a player, in 2011.
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Yannick Souvré (born 19 September 1969) is a French former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was born in Toulouse.[1] She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2011. She was awarded with the Glory of Sport in 2013.
Catherine Melain (born 19 May 1974) is a French former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was born in Rennes.[1] She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.
Louis Devoti (10 August 1926 – 6 August 2020) was a French basketball player. He competed in the men’s tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2] He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.
Laurent Foirest (born 18 September 1973) is a French professional basketball coach and former player who played at the small forward position. He is at a height of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall. He is current head coach for Metropolitans 92 of the LNB Pro A. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Moustapha Sonko (born 14 June 1972 in Paris, France) is a former professional basketball player from France. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.
Audrey Sauret (born 31 October 1976 in Charleville-Mézières) is a French basketball player currently playing for Union Lyon BF.[1] She has played the EuroLeague with Valenciennes Olympic, Bourges Basket, UMMC Ekaterinburg and Cras Basket Taranto.[2] She also played in the WNBA for Washington Mystics.[3] She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
Didier Gadou
Stéphane Rémy Daniel Risacher (born 26 August 1972) is a French former professional basketball player. During his pro club career, he was a six-time French League All-Star, as well as the French League All-Star Game’s MVP in 1997. He was also a long-time member of the senior French national team. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Emmeline Ndongue (born 25 April 1983 in Auxerre, France) is a French basketball player who played 196 games for the women’s French national basketball team between 2002 and 2013 .[1] She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.
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Alain Jardel
Pierre Dao
Alice Joséphine Marie Milliat née Million (5 May 1884 – 19 May 1957) was a pioneer of women’s sport. Her lobbying on behalf of female athletes led to the accelerated inclusion of more women’s events in the Olympic Games.
A member of Fémina Sport, a club founded in 1911, Milliat helped form the Fédération Française Sportive Féminine in 1917, becoming treasurer and, in March 1919, its president. In 1921 she helped organise the 1921 Women’s World Games, and then the Women’s World Games, which ran for four editions from 1922 until 1934. She also managed a French women’s association football team that toured the United Kingdom in 1920. On 8 March 2021, a commemorative statue of Milliat was unveiled at the French Olympic Committee‘s headquarters in Pari
Alice Joséphine Marie Million was born on 5 May 1884 in Nantes, the eldest of five children. Her parents were grocers. Her mother later worked as a seamstress and her father was employed in an office.[1] In 1904, Milliat went to England. There she married Joseph Milliat, who was also from Nantes. They had no children, and he died in 1908.[1][2] Whilst in England, Milliat took up rowing.[3][4] After her husband’s death, she travelled widely, developing language skills that enabled her to become a translator when, following the outbreak of the First World War, she returned to France.[1][2][5] She also participated in swimming and field hockey.[6]
Marcel Barillé
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Edward Delaney Rudd (born November 8, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall, he played at the point guard position. [citation needed]
After high school, Rudd attended and played college basketball Wake Forest University, with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, from 1981 to 1985.[citation needed]
Professional career
In his pro career, Rudd played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), and in the NBA with the Utah Jazz and the Portland Trail Blazers. He also played overseas, in Greece with PAOK, from 1986 to 1988, and in France, with ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, from 1993 to 1999.[1]
While playing for the Jazz, Rudd mostly served as a computer backup to future Hall of Famer John Stockton. However, Rudd had a chance to shine in the 1992 Western Conference Finals against the Blazers. In Game 5 of that series, which was tied at 2 games apiece, Stockton suffered an eye injury and thus was unable to continue playing. Rudd stepped in as point guard for the Jazz, and with his team trailing 107-104 late in the fourth quarter, swishe
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