1. Stepas Butautas was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach.
17 Facts About Stepas Butautas
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Stepas Butautas played with the Soviet Union men's national basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal.
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Stepas Butautas was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.
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Stepas Butautas then played with ASK Kaunas in 1945, before returning to Dinamo Kaunas in 1946.
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Stepas Butautas played with Zalgiris Kaunas, from 1947 to 1956.
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Stepas Butautas won 6 Lithuanian SSR championships.
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Stepas Butautas won a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games.
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Stepas Butautas was then the head coach of Zalgiris Kaunas, from 1975 to 1979.
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Stepas Butautas was the head coach of the Soviet Union women's national basketball team, from 1958 to 1964.
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Stepas Butautas led them to gold medals at the 1959 FIBA World Championship for Women, and the 1964 FIBA World Championship for Women.
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Stepas Butautas won gold medals at the EuroBasket Women 1960, the EuroBasket Women 1962, and the EuroBasket Women 1964.
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Stepas Butautas won the silver medal at the EuroBasket Women 1958.
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Stepas Butautas was the head coach of the Cuba men's national basketball team, from 1967 to 1968, and in 1970.
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Stepas Butautas coached Cuba at the 1967 CentroBasket, the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, and at the 1970 FIBA World Championship.
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Stepas Butautas was the department head of the Lithuanian State Institute of Physical Education, from 1978 to 1985.
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Stepas Butautas was the President of the Lithuanian SSR Basketball Federation, from 1959 to 1961.
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Stepas Butautas was the Chairman of the Lithuanian SSR Basketball Coaches Commission, from 1980 to 1989.