Cesare Rubini

Cesare Rubini
Rubini, circa 1948.
Personal information
Born	(1923-11-02)2 November 1923 Trieste, Italy
Died	8 February 2011(2011-02-08) (aged 87) Milan, Italy
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1947–1948	Società Canottieri Olona
1949–1951	Rari Nantes Napoli
1952–1956	Rari Nantes Camogli
Medal record Men's Water Polo Representing  Italy Olympics 1948 London National Team 1952 Helsinki National Team European Water Polo Championship 1947 Monaco National Team 1954 Italy National Team

Cesare Rubini

Rubini (with the basketball in his hands).
Personal information
Born	(1923-11-02)2 November 1923 Trieste, Italy
Died	8 February 2011(2011-02-08) (aged 87)
Nationality	Italian
Career information
Playing career	1948–1957
Coaching career	1957–1973
Career history
As player:
1948–1957	Olimpia Milano
As coach:
1957–1973	Olimpia Milano
Career highlights and awards
As player: 6× Italian League champion (1950–1954, 1957) As head coach: EuroLeague champion (1966) 2× FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1971, 1972) 9× Italian League champion (1958–1960, 1962, 1963, 1965–1967, 1972) Italian Cup winner (1972) FIBA Order of Merit (2002) Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (2006)
Basketball Hall of Fame as coach
FIBA Hall of Fame as coach
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Italy FIBA EuroBasket 1946 Switzerland

Cesare Rubini (2 November 1923 – 8 February 2011) was an Italian professional basketball player and coach, and a water polo player. He was considered to be one of the greatest European basketball coaches of all time, Rubini was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994, making him the first, and to this day, just one of three Italian basketball figures to receive such an honour, alongside Dino Meneghin and Sandro Gamba. He was also inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2000.

In 2002, he was awarded the FIBA Order of Merit. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2006. He was also inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, in 2013.