Aldo Ossola
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 13, 1945 Varese, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3.75 in (1.92 m) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1964–1980 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Career history | |
| 1964–1965 | Varese |
| 1965–1968 | Milano 1958 |
| 1968–1980 | Varese |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Aldo Ossola (born 13 March 1945) is an Italian former basketball player. At a height of 1.92 m (6'3¾"), he was a point guard with a great ability to set the offensive rhythm and game tempo for his team. He is a member of the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, inducted in 2008. His older brother, Luigi Ossola, played football professionally, in the Serie A.
On 3 February 2008, Ossola was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, over the previous half-century, by the EuroLeague Basketball Experts Committee.
Ossola won, with the great Italian League club Ignis Varese of the 1970s, 5 FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) titles (1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1976), and he also played in ten consecutive EuroLeague Finals (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979), a record that is almost impossible to be broken.
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