Neftalí Rivera
Appearance
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Born | Quebradillas, Puerto Rico | September 22, 1948|||||||||||||||||
Died | December 23, 2017 Hato Rey, Puerto Rico | (aged 69)|||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Puerto Rican | |||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 1969–1983 | |||||||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
1969—1981 | Piratas de Quebradillas | |||||||||||||||||
1982—1983 | Leones de Ponce (basketball) | |||||||||||||||||
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As player:
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Points | 7,482 (19.2 ppg) | |||||||||||||||||
Rebounds | 1,052 (2.7 rpg) | |||||||||||||||||
Assists | 1,291 (3.3 apg) | |||||||||||||||||
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Neftalí Rivera Olivera (September 22, 1948 – December 23, 2017) was a Puerto Rican basketball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] He holds the record for most points in a game in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional when he scored 79 points on May 22, 1974. In that game he achieved the record by making 34 field goals (all of them 2-pointers as the 3-pointers were not adopted back then) and 11 free throws.[2] He died on December 23, 2017, at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, due to respiratory problems.[3]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Neftalí Rivera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ "40 años de la increíble gesta de Neftalí Rivera". El Nuevo Día. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ Fallece el exbaloncelista boricua Neftalí Rivera.
Template:Puerto Rico Men Basketball Squad 1972 Summer Olympics
Template:Puerto Rico Men Basketball Squad 1976 Summer Olympics
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Neftalí Rivera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- Statistics in BSN
- Statistics in BSN from WorldHoopsStats.com
Categories:
- 1948 births
- 2017 deaths
- Puerto Rican men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of Puerto Rico
- Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- People from Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican basketball biography stubs