August Pitzl
August Pitzl (born December 27, 1920 in Vienna ; † February 4, 2000 ) was an Austrian basketball official .
Life
Pitzl practiced athletics and as a member of the Austrian national team was intended to participate in the 1940 Summer Olympics , which were canceled due to the Second World War . Pitzl took part in the war as a soldier in a German mountain troop unit . In 1945 he was taken prisoner in the United States, where he worked as a translator and first came into contact with the sport of basketball .
In 1946 Pitzl co-founded a basketball department at Union Rudolfsheim and played for the team from 1946 to 1968. As a functionary he was involved as a treasurer in the Vienna Basketball Association, from 1960 he was a member of the finance committee of the Austrian Basketball Association (ÖBV). Between 1968 and 1986 Pitzl held the office of ÖBV chairman.
From 1965 he was appointed technical inspector by the world basketball association FIBA , from 1973 he was a member of the finance committee, from 1980 to 1984 deputy treasurer and from 1984 to 1994 treasurer of FIBA.
In 1997 Pitzl received the FIBA Order of Merit, in 2007 he was inducted into the association's “Hall of Fame”.
From 1946 he worked for customs in Vienna and worked in this profession for more than 40 years.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pitzl, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian basketball official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 2000 |