Jean-Pierre Staelens (basketball player)

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Jean-Pierre Staelens ( June 15,  1945 - December 31, 1999 ) was a French basketball player .

career

The 1.97 meter tall Staelens played 102 international matches for France between 1965 and 1972 (9.3 points / game). He was in the squad at the European Championship finals in 1967 and 1971.

Between 1964 and 1969 and from 1970 to 1978 he played for ASC Denain-Voltaire in the top division of France. In 1969/70 he made a stopover at RCM Toulouse. Staelens became French champions with Denain in 1965. In the playing years 1965/66, 1966/67 and 1967/68 he led the basket hunter list of the league. His highest average was 29.4 points per encounter in the 1966/67 season. On March 4, 1967, he set a new record for the French league when he scored 71 points in the game against Valenciennes.

Staelens was Tony Parker's godfather and married to his aunt. He died of a heart attack.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Basket - Les grands Bleus (2): la longue attente. Retrieved July 26, 2020 (French).
  2. ^ Jean-Pierre Staelen's profile, European Championship for Men 1967. Accessed July 26, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Jean-Pierre STAELENS. In: basketarchives.fr. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
  4. ↑ 4 mars 1967, les 71 points de Jean-Pierre Staelens. In: Basket Retro. March 4, 2020, accessed on July 26, 2020 (French).
  5. ↑ Le rêve éveillé de Tony Parker. Retrieved July 26, 2020 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Staelens, Jean-Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1945
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1999