The Greek basketball legend Georgios Kolokythas was born 2 November, 1945 in Korinthos, Greece. The 200-centimeters-tall forward spent the majority of his career with Panathinaikos (1965-1972), ending his career early due to a serious knee injury – at the age of 28.
Kolokythas was a very versatile player, and a prolific scorer, winning three Greek League Top Scorer awards (1964, 1966, 1967), as well as two Eurobasket Top Scorer awards (1967, 1969). He made his EuroLeague debut in 1967/68 season, scoring 102 points in 4 games, averaging 25.5 points per game.
In total, the Greek legend played three seasons in the EuroLeague, scoring 158 points in 9 games, averaging 17.5 points per game. He helped Panathinaikos to reach the EuroLeague semifinals in the 1971/72 season, averaging 9.0 points per game.
In his EuroLeague, FIBA Saporta Cup and international games from 1965 to 1972, Kolokythas scored 881 points in 44 games.
ACCOLADES
EuroLeague (1972)
Eurobasket Top Scorer (1967, 1969) Greek League Top Scorer (1964, 1966, 1967) FIBA Saporta Cup (1969)
Greek League (1967, 1969, 1971, 1972)
Greek League (1968, 1970) Greek League (1966)
EUROLEAGUE STATISTICS
FIBA SAPORTA CUP STATISTICS
Year
68/69
70/71
TOT
Team
Age
24
26
GP
6
4
10
PPG
27.6
18.0
23.8
PTS
166
72
238
TRK
R16
GREEK LEAGUE STATISTICS
Year
63/64
65/66
66/67
67/68
68/69
69/70
70/71
TOT
Team
Age
19
21
22
23
24
25
26
GP
26
26
26
8
25
19
17
147
PPG
20.8
16.6
16.8
27.4
24.8
18.7
21.3
20.2
PTS
543
432
438
219
619
355
362
2968
TRK
4th
EUROBASKET STATISTICS
Year
1965
1967
1969
TOT
Team
Age
20
22
24
GP
9
9
7
25
PPG
10.9
25.4
23.0
19.4
PTS
98
229
161
485
RNK
30th
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
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