11 Facts About Dino Meneghin

Dino Meneghin is widely considered to be the best Italian player ever, as well as one of Europe's all-time greats.

Dino Meneghin played the last game of his career at the age of 45.

Dino Meneghin holds the record for the most EuroLeague championships won by a player, with seven, when counting all formats of the competition's history, dating back to the inaugural 1958 season.

In 2003, Dino Meneghin became a Basketball Hall of Fame player.

In total, Dino Meneghin played in 836 games and scored 8,560 points in the Italian League championship.

Dino Meneghin became the second player from a European league to be drafted by an NBA team, when the Atlanta Hawks manager Marty Blake selected him with a late-round pick in the 1970 NBA draft.

Dino Meneghin played in 10 consecutive finals with Pallacanestro Varese, winning 5; and later in 2 more consecutive finals with Olimpia Milano, winning both.

Finally, before his playing career ended, Dino Meneghin played in the Italian League against his son, Andrea, who was a great international player.

Dino Meneghin won the silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and the gold medal at the 1983 EuroBasket.

On 5 September 2003 Dino Meneghin became the second Italian player to enter into the Basketball Hall of Fame, after Cesare Rubini, who served Olimpia Milano, both as player and coach between the 1940s and the 1970s.

Dino Meneghin is the father of Andrea Meneghin, who played professional basketball.