Alexander Belov
Alexander Alexandrovich Belov, commonly known as Sasha Belov (November 9, 1951 – October 3, 1978), was a Soviet basketball player. During his playing career, he played at the center position. Belov is most remembered for scoring the game-winning basket of the gold medal game of the 1972 Munich Summer Olympic Games, which gave the gold medal to the senior Soviet national team. In 1978, when just 26 years old, Belov died of cardiac sarcoma, a type of cancer.Belov was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Pavel Klimov, Sergei Sharakin, Alexander Belov, Boris Kozelov, Alexei Murashov, Roman Saraev, Daniil Trofimov, Alexei Roldugin, Vladimir LubchichGet access
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