Gianfranco Lombardi

Gianfranco Lombardi
	Lombardi c. 1965–66
Personal information
Born	20 March 1941; Livorno, Italy
Died	22 January 2021 (aged 79); Cocquio-Trevisago, Varese, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Listed height	6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
Listed weight	212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1956–1973
Position	Small forward
Coaching career	1972–2001
Career history
As player:
1956–1958	Pallacanestro Livorno
1958–1970	Virtus Bologna
1970–1972	Fortitudo Bologna
1972–1973	AMG Sebastiani Rieti
As coach:
1972–1975	AMG Sebastiani Rieti
1976–1977	Trieste
1977	Libertas Forlì
1977–1982	Trieste
1982–1983	Treviso
1983–1986	Reggiana
1986–1987	Rimini
1988–1989	Scaligera Verona
1990–1992	Mens Sana Siena
1992–1994	Libertas Livorno
1995–1997	Cantù
1997–2000	Reggiana
2000–2001	Varese
2001	Basket Napoli
Career highlights and awards
	As player: 2× Italian League Top Scorer (1964, 1967); Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (2006);

Gianfranco "Franco" Lombardi (20 March 1941 – 22 January 2021) was an Italian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, his nickname was "Dado".^[1] In 2006, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.

Professional playing career

During his club career, Lombardi led the top-tier level Italian League in scoring, in 1964 and 1967.^{[citation needed]}

National team playing career

Lombardi was a part of the senior Italian national basketball teams that won a gold medal at the 1963 Mediterranean Games and finished in the fourth, fifth and eighth places at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the 1964 Summer Olympics, and the 1968 Summer Olympics, respectively.^[2]

Coaching career

After he retired from playing basketball, Lombardi had a long coaching career, working as a head coach for numerous teams in the Italian League.^{[citation needed]}

Eurovision Song Contest 1987

In 1987, at the Eurovision Song Contest in Brussels, Belgium, he conducted the Italian entry, "Gente di mare", performed by Umberto Tozzi and Raf, placing third with 103 points, and receiving the maximum score of 12 points from 5 national juries. ^[3]

References

^ Gianfranco Lombardi Nickname(s): Dado, Franco.
^ Gianfranco Lombardi Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
^ "Gente di mare - info - Diggiloo Thrush". www.diggiloo.net. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

External links

Sports-Reference.com Player Profile
Italian League Coach Profile (in Italian)

[1] Gianfranco Lombardi Nickname(s): Dado, Franco.

[r1-2] Gianfranco Lombardi Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com

[3] "Gente di mare - info - Diggiloo Thrush". www.diggiloo.net. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

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