 Maciel, as a member of Trianon Clube, in 1972. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1944-01-18)January 18, 1944 São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 17, 2002(2002-07-17) (aged 58) Brasilia, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 212 lb (96 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1960–1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward / center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1960–1961 | Clube Espéria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1969 | Corinthians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1972 | Venezia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | Trianon Clube | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | Sírio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1978 | Palmeiras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1982 | São José dos Campos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ubiratan "Bira" Pereira Maciel, commonly known as Bira Maciel, or simply Bira (January 18, 1944 – July 17, 2002), was a professional basketball player from Brazil. He was born in São Paulo, Brazil. At a height of 1.99 m (6' 61⁄2") tall, he played at the center position. He is often regarded as the best Brazilian center of all time. He was nicknamed "O Rei" (English: "The King").
Club career
Maciel won the top-tier level club league in Brazil, the Brazilian Basketball Championship, 5 times, in the years 1965, 1966, 1969, 1977, and 1981.
National team career
With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, Maciel won a total of 8 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, FIBA World Cup, and Pan American Games.
Ubiratan Pereira Maciel played at 5 FIBA World Cups: (1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, and 1978). He totaled 41 games played and 474 points scored during those competitions, and he won a gold medal at the 1963 tournament in Brazil.
Post-playing career
Maciel was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was awarded the FIBA Order of Merit in 1994. In 2009, he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, as a player. On April 5, 2010, Maciel was announced as a member of the 2010 induction class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as a player, and was formally inducted on August 13.
References
- HALL OF FAMERS Ubiratan Pereira (Brazil) Height: 199cm (6'6") Position: Center.
- Ubiratan Pereira Maciel, 58, Dies; Best Center in the History of Brazilian Basketball.
- A lenda do Cavalo de Aço (in Portuguese).
- "Fiba archive players". fiba.com.
- "Fiba archive players Maciel Pereira". fiba.com.
- "Squads 1963". linguasport.com.
- "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2010" (Press release). Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 2010-04-05. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
External links
- Pereira Maciel Ubiratan at FIBA Archive
- Maciel Ubiratan at FIBA Archive
- Ubiratan Pereira at the FIBA Hall of Fame
- Bira international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
- Bira at Olympedia (archive)
- Maciel Pereira Ubiratan at Olympics.com
- Brazilian Basketball Federation Profile (in Portuguese)
- 1944 births
- 2002 deaths
- Brazilian men's basketball players
- 1963 FIBA World Championship players
- 1967 FIBA World Championship players
- 1970 FIBA World Championship players
- 1974 FIBA World Championship players
- 1978 FIBA World Championship players
- Basketball players at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Centers (basketball)
- Esporte Clube Sírio basketball players
- FIBA Hall of Fame inductees
- FIBA World Championship–winning players
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- Olympic basketball players for Brazil
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Power forwards
- Reyer Venezia players
- São José Basketball players
- Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras basketball players
- Sport Club Corinthians Paulista basketball players
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Basketball players from São Paulo
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen