The Hungarian international Laszlo Banhegyi was born 17 January, 1931 in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary. The 190-centimeters-tall guard represented Vörös Meteor (1949-1951) and Honved Budapest (1951-1961) teams during his career, winning 8 Hungarian League titles.
In 1958, Banhegyi made his European debut in the inaugural EuroLeague season, helping Honved to reach the semifinals stage. He finished this season as the second-best scorer, averaging 22.3 points per game. In total, he played two seasons in the EuroLeague, being among the Top 20 best scorers in both seasons, scoring a total of 234 points in 11 games.
The Honved star was a regular member of the Hungarian national team, playing in the two Olympic Games (1952, 1960), as well as in 4 Eurobasket editions (1953, 1955, 1957, 1959), winning the title in 1955. In his EuroLeague and international games from 1953 to 1959, Banhegyi scored 707 points in 62 games.
Banhegyi retired from basketball in 1961, at the age of 30.
ACCOLADES
EuroLeague (1958)
Eurobasket (1955)
Eurobasket (1953) Hungarian League (1952-1955, 1957-60) Hungarian League (1956)
EUROLEAGUE STATISTICS
OLYMPIC GAMES STATISTICS
Year
1952
1960
TOT
Team
Age
21
29
GP
6
7
13
PPG
5.7
8.0
6.9
PTS
34
56
90
RNK
69th
63rd
EUROBASKET STATISTICS
Year
1953
1955
1957
1959
TOT
Team
Age
22
24
26
28
GP
10
10
10
8
38
PPG
6.8
8.9
11.5
13.9
10.1
PTS
68
89
115
111
383
RNK
39th
35th
18th
9th
Description for statistics
GP – Games played PPG – Points per game PTS – Total points RNK – Individual scoring ranking TRK – Team ranking
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