Einar Bollason

Einar Bollason
Einar Bollason
3rd Chairman of KKÍ
	In office; 1973–1976
Preceded by	Hólmsteinn Sigurðsson
Succeeded by	Páll Júlíusson
Personal details
Born	6 November 1943 (age 81); Reykjavík, Kingdom of Iceland
	Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Career information
Playing career	1958–1984
Position	Center
Coaching career	1966–1989
Career history
As player:
1958–1960	ÍR
1961–1967	KR
1967–1969	Þór Akureyri
1969–1972	KR
1976–1981	KR
1981–1982	FH
1983–1984	Haukar
As coach:
1966–1967	KR
1967–1969	Þór Akureyri (Men's)
1968–1969	Þór Akureyri (Women's)
1973–1974	KR
1974–1976	Iceland (Men's)
1977	Iceland (Men's)
1979–1982	Iceland (Men's)
1979–1980	Fram (Men's)
1982–1986	Haukar (Men's)
1984–1987	Iceland (Men's)
1986–1988	ÍR (Men's)
1988–1989	Haukar (Men's)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: Icelandic Team of the 20th century; 6x Icelandic champion (1960, 1965–1967, 1978, 1979); 6× Icelandic Basketball Cup (1970–1972, 1974, 1977, 1979); Úrvalsdeild scoring champion (1969); As coach: Icelandic Coach of the 20th century; 2x Icelandic champion (Men's) (1967, 1974); 3× Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup (1977, 1985, 1986); 2x Icelandic champion (Women's) (1969, 1977); Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup (1977); 2x Men's Division I champion (1983, 1987);
Career Úrvalsdeild karla statistics
Points	2,914 (17.9 ppg)
Games	163

Einar Gunnar Bollason (born 6 November 1943) is an Icelandic former basketball player, coach and TV analyst.^[1]^[2] As a player, he won the Icelandic championship six times with KR. In 2001, he was named to the Icelandic basketball team of the 20th century and the coach of the 20th century by the Icelandic Basketball Association. In 2020, he received the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon from the president of Iceland.^[3]

Early life

Einar was born in Vesturbær in Reykjavík.^[4]

Playing career

Club career

Einar came up through the junior ranks of ÍR and played his first senior games at the age of 15. He later moved to KR where he spent the bulk of his career.^[5]

Icelandic national team

Between 1964 and 1978, Einar played 35 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.^[6]

Coaching career

Einar coached the men's national team in 1974–1976, 1977, 1979–1982 and 1984–1987. During his tenures the team played 133 games, winning 57.^[7]

Team of the 20th century

In 2001 Einar was voted to the Icelandic team of the 20th century in basketball, both as a player and a coach.^[8]

Icelandic Basketball Association

Einar served as the chairman of the Icelandic Basketball Association from 1973 to 1976.^[9]

Career statistics in Icelandic top league

Legend
GP	Games played	FGM	Field goals made
FM	Free-throws made	FT	Free-throws taken
FT%	Free-throw percentage	TP	Total Points
PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

†	Denotes seasons in which Einar won the Icelandic National championship
	Led the league

Year	Team	GP	FGM	FM	FT	FT%	TP	PPG
1961-62	KR	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	84	16,8
1962-63	KR	8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	139	17.4
1963-64	KR	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	63	20.7
1964-65†	KR	8	70	30	52	57.7%	170	21.3
1965-66†	KR	8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	210	26.3
1966-67†	KR	10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	207	20.7
1967-68	Þór	10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	192	19.2
1968-69	Þór	10	N/A	97	124	78.3%	318	31.8
1969-70	KR	10	74	85	194	81.7%	233	23.3
1970-71	KR	12	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	292	24.3
1971-72	KR	14	133	38	49	77,6%	304	21.7
1976-77	KR	12	106	91	122	74.6%	303	25.3
1977-78†	KR	13	83	44	62	71.0%	210	16.2
1978-79†	KR	20	95	50	68	73.5%	240	12.0
1979-80	KR	1	1	0	0	N/A	2	2.0
1980-81	KR	5	3	0	0	N/A	6	1.2
1983-84	Haukar	14	10	6	13	46.2%	26	1.9
Career		163	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2914	17.9

Guðmundur and Geirfinnur case

In 1976, Einar, along with three others, sat innocent for 105 days in solitary confinement after his sister and other suspects in the Guðmundur and Geirfinnur case (Icelandic: Guðmundar- og Geirfinnsmálið) had implicated them to the case.^[2] He had been accused falsely by his step-sister, Erla Bolladóttir of having been involved in the case during her confessions. Erla was later sentenced to jail for perjury, as part of the Reykjavik Six, while Einar was released.

References

^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (20 April 2011). "Hrafn og Fannar fetuðu í fótspor Gunnars og Einars Bolla". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Hef meiri tíma með hestunum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 1 April 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ "Hin íslenska Fálkaorða". forseti.is (in Icelandic). Office of the President of Iceland. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ "Hef meiri tíma með hestunum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 1 April 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
^ Kjartan L. Pálsson (30 March 1979). "Þetta var sá síðasti hjá Einari". Vísir (in Icelandic). p. 5.
^ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
^ "Einar Bollason er sextugur í dag". kki.is. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
^ Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn
^ Einar Bollason er sextugur

[1] Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (20 April 2011). "Hrafn og Fannar fetuðu í fótspor Gunnars og Einars Bolla". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 August 2017.

[visir-2] "Hef meiri tíma með hestunum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 1 April 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

[3] "Hin íslenska Fálkaorða". forseti.is (in Icelandic). Office of the President of Iceland. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[4] "Hef meiri tíma með hestunum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 1 April 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

[5] Kjartan L. Pálsson (30 March 1979). "Þetta var sá síðasti hjá Einari". Vísir (in Icelandic). p. 5.

[kki-6] "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 15 January 2017.

[7] "Einar Bollason er sextugur í dag". kki.is. Retrieved 15 January 2017.

[8] Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn

[9] Einar Bollason er sextugur

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