The Hungarian basketball legend Janos Simon was born 1 March, 1929 in Budapest, Hungary. The 194-centimeters-tall center spent all his career with the local club – Honved Budapest.
Simon made his EuroLeague debut in the inaugural, 1958 season. He helped Honved to reach the semi-finals stage, finishing the season Top 5 in scoring with 121 points in 7 games, averaging 17.3 points per game. In total, the Hungarian center played five seasons in the EuroLeague, scoring a total of 312 points in 21 games, averaging 14.9 points per game.
The Budapest-born center enjoyed success on the international stage, winning the Eurobasket in 1955. He also played in two Olympic Games (1952, 1960). In his EuroLeague and international games from 1953 to 1965, Simon scored 701 points in 76 games.
ACCOLADES
EuroLeague (1958)
EuroBasket (1955)
EuroBasket (1953)
EUROLEAGUE STATISTICS
Year
1958
58/59
61/62
62/63
64/65
TOT
Team
Age
29
30
33
34
36
GP
7
4
3
5
2
21
PPG
17.3
21.5
9.3
11.8
14.0
14.9
PTS
121
86
18
59
28
312
RNK
5th
11th
71st
30th
71st
OLYMPIC GAMES STATISTICS
Year
1952
1960
TOT
Team
Age
23
31
GP
6
7
13
PPG
2.7
4.9
3.8
PTS
16
34
50
RNK
141st
96th
EUROBASKET STATISTICS
Year
1953
1955
1957
1959
1963
TOT
Team
Age
24
26
28
30
34
GP
10
7
10
8
7
42
PPG
9.6
4.9
8.6
9.8
6.4
8.1
PTS
96
34
86
78
45
339
RNK
19th
120th
37th
32nd
84th
Description for statistics
GP – Games played PPG – Points per game PTS – Total points RNK – Individual scoring ranking TRK – Team ranking
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