36 Facts About Oscar Schmidt

Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt was born on February 16,1958 and is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player.

Oscar Schmidt was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Oscar Schmidt is considered to be the all-time leading scorer in the history of basketball, with 54,145 career points scored.

Oscar Schmidt is the record holder for the longest career span of a professional basketball player at 29 years.

Oscar Schmidt is the top scorer in the history of the Summer Olympic Games, and the top scorer in the history of the FIBA World Cup.

Oscar Schmidt was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.

On September 8,2013, Oscar Schmidt was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Oscar Schmidt was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.

Oscar Schmidt scored 42 points in the 1979 FIBA Intercontinental Cup's Final against the Yugoslav First Federal League club Bosna Sarajevo.

Oscar Schmidt was the top scorer of the Brazilian Championship in both 1979 and 1980.

In 1982, Oscar Schmidt joined the Brazilian club America do Rio.

Oscar Schmidt led the Italian top division in scoring six times, while he was a member of JuveCaserta.

In 1990, Oscar Schmidt joined the Italian 2nd Division club Pavia.

Oscar Schmidt was a member of the FIBA European Selection in 1991.

In 2017, Oscar Schmidt was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.

In 1993, Oscar Schmidt joined the Spanish ACB League club Valladolid.

On 19 March 1994, Oscar Schmidt made 11 3-point field goals, in a Spanish League game against Murcia.

Oscar Schmidt's single-game scoring high in the Spanish League, was in a game that season versus Malaga, in which he scored 47 points, and made all 8 of his 3-point field goal attempts.

In two seasons in the Spanish ACB, Oscar Schmidt scored a total of 2,009 points in 71 games played, for a scoring average of 28.3 points per game.

Oscar Schmidt returned to his native Brazil in 1995, to play in the Brazilian Basketball Championship.

Oscar Schmidt was the Brazilian Championship's top scorer in each of his last eight seasons playing in the competition.

Oscar Schmidt retired from his club basketball playing career on May 26,2003, at the age of 45.

Oscar Schmidt was drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the sixth round of the 1984 NBA draft, and he played with them in their 1984 NBA training camp and preseason.

Oscar Schmidt played in the youth systems of Brazil's national federation program.

Oscar Schmidt played in 15 games with the junior selection of Sao Paulo, with which he scored 393 points in 15 games, for a scoring average of 26.2 points per game.

Oscar Schmidt played in 31 games with Brazil's national junior selection, in which he scored a total of 569 points, for a scoring average of 18.4 points per game.

Oscar Schmidt again scored 169 points in seven games in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

In 38 career Olympic basketball games, Oscar Schmidt scored a record of 1,093 points, for an average of 28.8 points per game.

Oscar Schmidt is the all-time career leader in total points scored in the FIBA World Cup, having scored a total of 843 points in 33 games, for a scoring average of 25.5 points per game.

Oscar Schmidt won the bronze medal and made the All-Tournament Team at the 1978 FIBA World Cup, and he made the All-Tournament Teams of both the 1986 FIBA World Cup and the 1990 FIBA World Cup, which he led in scoring, with an average of 34.6 points per game.

Oscar Schmidt played in the gold-medal match of the 1987 Pan American Games, which was held in Indianapolis.

In 1996, at the age of 38, Oscar Schmidt retired from playing with the senior Brazilian national team as its all-time leading scorer.

Oscar Schmidt was the CEO of "Telemar Rio de Janeiro", a Brazilian professional basketball team which won the "Campeonato Carioca" in 2004, and the Brazilian Championship in 2005.

On May 13,2013, Oscar Schmidt had brain surgery to excise a malignant tumor.

Oscar Schmidt did not appear at the event, as he was recuperating from daily chemotherapy sessions.

In 2016, Oscar Schmidt was one of the guests at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, alongside other Brazilian celebrities, such as model Gisele Bundchen, actor Gustavo Goulart, and singer Caetano Veloso, among others.