Finnish basketball coach, player, and sports executive (1927–2020)
Kalevi Tuominen
Personal information
Born
(1927-08-09)9 August 1927 Vesilahti, Finland
Died
23 January 2020(2020-01-23) (aged 92) Helsinki, Finland
Nationality
Finnish
Listed height
5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Career history
As player:
1952–1963
Tampereen Pyrintö
As coach:
1955–1969
Finland
1956
Finland (women)
1959–1960
Finland (women)
1960–1964
Tampereen Pyrintö
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame
No. 15 retired by the Tampereen Pyrintö
Kalevi Vilho Tapio ”Kallu” Tuominen (9 August 1927 – 23 January 2020)[1][2] was a Finnish basketball coach and player and sports executive, who also played handball and football at the national top-tier level as well as practiced many other sports. He worked as the overall head coach of Finnish Olympic Committee between 1969 and 1992. In basketball, the 174-centimetre-tall (5 ft 9 in) Jantunen played his whole SM-sarja career for Tampereen Pyrintö and also coached the team between 1960 and 1964. He was capped 11 times as a player and was a long-time head coach of Finland men's national team in its peak era. During Tuominen's coaching years 1955–1969 Finland qualified for 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (the only Finnish ball game team still in 2016 that has advanced to Olympics through qualification), where it placed 11th, and played in seven EuroBaskets (1955 [Tuominen as player-coach], 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965 and 1967). In EuroBasket 1967 arranged in Finland, the host team placed sixth, which is still in 2016 Finland's best position in EuroBasket. Finland women's national basketball team placed 11th with Tuominen's guidance in EuroBasket 1956 Women.[3] He worked also as a FIBA-licensed referee.[4] Tuominen was inducted to Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame as one of its first members in 2009.[5] Pyrintö has retired Tuominen's jersey but allows players to use his number 15.[6]
Tuominen died after a long illness at Suursuo Hospital in Helsinki on 23 January 2020, aged 92.[2]
^"Koripallon arvokisoissa pelanneet suomalaismiehet". Suomen Urheilutietäjät ry. 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ abMäki, Elise; Virtanen, Ari (24 January 2020). "Suomalaisen urheiluvalmennuksen legenda Kalevi Tuominen on kuollut" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^"Naisten maajoukkue 1956". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^Urheilumme Kasvot Osa 3 Palloilu, 904
^"Lindholm, Liimo ja Tuominen ensimmäiset Legendat". Finnish Basketball Association. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^"Kalevi Tuomisen, Olavi Ahosen, Arvo Jantusen ja Seija Leinon paidat Pyynikin kattoon". Tampereen Pyrintö Basketball. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
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