Raúl Ballefín

Raúl Ballefín
Player information
Nickname	Raúl Ballefín Galeano
birthday	October 29, 1923
place of birth	Minas , Uruguay
date of death	19th February 2013
size	183 cm
Clubs as active
Aguada Bohemios Atenas
Clubs as coaches
Atenas Uruguay Colombia Urunday Universitario Hebraica Macabi Peñarol Stockolmo Olimpia Defensores de Maroñas Bohemios Unión Montevideo Salto (department selection) Montevideo (department selection)

Raúl Ballefín , full name Raúl Ballefín Galeano , (born October 29, 1923 in Minas , † February 19, 2013 ) was a Uruguayan journalist, basketball player and coach.

Career

player

Ballefín was born to Uruguayan parents, but the family roots of his father, an employee in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, were in Lyon, France . Ballefín had seven siblings. The well-known auctioneer Pedro Ballefín Espinosa came from the paternal relatives. Ballefín's maternal grandfather was Nicasio Galeano, a high-ranking military man and close confidante of Latorre . He grew up in Montevideo since 1930 and began his basketball career in 1939 as a player with Aguada . The next career stage of the 1.83 meter tall Ballefín was in the following period from 1943 to 1947 Bohemios . Finally he switched to Atenas . With this club he celebrated his greatest successes and ended his active career there in 1955.

Trainer

Club Atlético Atenas was the first team he coached in 1955. He then became - according to the content of a parliamentary speech by MP Orrico - from 1958 for the first time coach of the Uruguayan basketball team . According to the Uruguayan Basketball Association, this is said to have only been the case in 1960 as Hector López Reboledo's assistant . From 1961 to 1967 he was the head coach of Celeste . With this he was first Vice South American Champion in 1961 and led them to third place at the South American Basketball Championship in Lima in 1963 . At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 , he finished eighth with his home country. He also competed with the Celeste in the 1967 World Basketball Championship and was seventh. Overall, he coached the national team in 68 matches, won 43 games and lost 23 times with his team. This was followed in 1971 as the national coach of Colombia . This made him the only Uruguayan coach until at least 2011 to coach two national teams. Other employers in his coaching career were Urunday Universitario , Hebraica Macabi , Club Atlético Peñarol , Stockolmo , Olimpia (Uruguayan champion 1965 with Ballefín), Defensores de Maroñas , his former club as Active Bohemios, Unión and Montevideo . He was also responsible for selecting teams in the departments of Salto and Montevideo .

Others

Ballefín, who had been married to his wife Élida Borrazás Varela ("Chicha") for 62 years in 2011, worked as a journalist. He commented on basketball games and had a basketball show on CX 38 SODRE . In 2006 he published a book called "Removiendo la historia". He was also the founder of the Asociación Nacional de Entrenadores de Básquetbol del Uruguay (ANEBU), the Uruguayan basketball coaching association.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} FALLECIO RAUL BALLEFIN (Spanish) at www.sportingpulse.com (Uruguayan Basketball Association), accessed on January 15, 2014
2. ↑ Retiro del jugador, técnico y periodista de básquetbol, ​​señor Raúl Ballefín. - Speech by MEP Orrico in Parliament ( memento of the original of June 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www0.parlamento.gub.uy, accessed on January 14, 2014 
3. ↑ Raúl Ballefin ... y punto ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www.basquettotal.com from November 18, 2011, accessed on January 14, 2014 
4. ↑ La naranja de luto (Spanish) on www.futbol.com.uy from February 19, 2013, accessed on January 14, 2014
5. ↑ A los 89 años falleció Don Raúl Ballefín, DT de la Celeste olímpica de basket ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in Últimas Noticias of February 19, 2013, retrieved on January 14, 2014 
6. ↑ La penúltima obra de Raúl Ballefín (Spanish) in La República of October 20, 2006, accessed on January 14, 2014
7. ↑ Fallció Raúl Ballefín ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), accessed January 14, 2014