The Czechoslovak basketball legend František Konvička was born 11 August, 1938 in Okrišky, Czechoslovakia. The 192-centimeters-tall guard/forward played the majority of his career with the Czechoslovak club Spartak ZJŠ Brno (1957-1969, 1971-1973).
Konvička made his EuroLeague debut in 1958/59 season, instantly making an impact and being one of the leading scorers of the competition. He had a very successful run in the EuroLeague, being Top 10 in scoring in every of 6 seasons Konvička played in the EuroLeague. He was the EuroLeague Top Scorer two times (1964, 1968), and his scoring efforts helped Spartak to reach the EuroLeague Finals twice, as well as win the bronze medals two more times. In total, Konvička scored 1101 points in 47 EuroLeague games, averaging 23.4 points per game.
Internationally, Konvička helped Czechoslovakia to reach two Eurobasket Finals (1959, 1967), as well as win the bronze medals in 1969. In his EuroLeague, Saporta Cup, and international games from 1958 to 1973, Konvička scored 2071 points in 128 games.
ACCOLADES
EuroLeague Top Scorer (1964, 1968)
EuroLeague (1964, 1968)
EuroLeague (1963, 1969) FIBA Saporta Cup (1967) Eurobasket (1959, 1967) Eurobasket (1969)
Czechoslovak League (1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968) Czechoslovak League (1965, 1966, 1969, 1972) Czechoslovak League (1973)
Year
58/59
62/63
63/64
64/65
67/68
68/69
TOT
Team
Age
21
25
26
27
30
31
GP
4
8
10
4
11
10
47
PPG
24.8
18.8
24.6
25.5
23.6
24.4
23.4
PTS
99
150
246
102
260
244
1101
RNK
8th
7th
8th
3rd
FIBA SAPORTA CUP STATISTICS
Year
66/67
69/70
71/72
72/73
TOT
Team
Age
29
32
34
35
GP
5
6
4
7
22
PPG
18.8
18.5
22.5
18.6
19.3
PTS
94
111
90
130
425
TRK
QF
2RD
QF
OLYMPIC GAMES STATISTICS
Year
1960
TOT
Team
Age
22
GP
8
8
PPG
6.1
6.1
PTS
49
49
RNK
74th
EUROBASKET STATISTICS
Year
1959
1961
1963
1965
1967
1969
TOT
Team
Age
21
23
25
27
29
31
GP
7
7
8
8
8
5
51
PPG
9.9
10.4
13.5
17.6
9.3
6.2
9.7
PTS
69
73
108
141
74
31
496
RNK
39th
36th
17th
6th
52nd
73rd
Description for statistics
FIBA Saporta Cup is the same competition, as FIBA European Cup Winners’ Cup, ULEB Cup or EuroCup, a 2nd-tier European Cup competition. FIBA Korac Cup is the same competition as FIBA EuroChallenge, a 3rd-tier European Cup competition. GP – Games played PPG – Points per game PTS – Total points RNK – Individual scoring ranking TRK – Team ranking