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Viktor Zubkov (basketball)

Viktor Zubkov
Personal information
Born (1937-04-24)24 April 1937
Rostov-on-Don, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died 16 October 2016(2016-10-16) (aged 79)
Nationality Russian
Listed height 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Career information
Playing career 1957–1967
Position Center
Career history
1957–1967 CSKA Moscow
Career highlights and awards

As a player


As a player

Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov (Russian: Виктор Алексеевич Зубков; 24 April 1937 – 16 October 2016) was a Soviet basketball player. At a height of 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in), he played at the center position. He is considered to be one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the 1950s and 1960s.

He won two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games, while representing the senior men's Soviet national team. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.

Zubkov played at the club level with CSKA Moscow, with whom he won 8 Soviet national league titles (1959–1966), and two FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) titles (1961 and 1963).

As a member of the senior men's Soviet national team for seven years (1956–1963), he won two Olympic silver medals (1956 and 1960), one FIBA World Championship bronze medal, in 1963 (in which he was also the team captain), and three EuroBasket gold medals (1957, 1959, and 1961).


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