Léon Bouffard

Léon Bouffard (June 24, 1893 in Geneva, Switzerland – July 23, 1981 in Geneva, Switzerland) was a Swiss athlete and sports administrator. As an athlete, he competed in pole vault, winning the Swiss championship in 1914. He was the founder (in 1929) and president of the Swiss Basketball Federation. He co-founded FIBA in 1932 and served as FIBA's president from 1932 to 1948. He organized 1st European Basketball Championship in 1935 and 4th European Basketball Championship in 1946, both in Geneva. Since 1948 he served as the Honorary President of FIBA. In 2007, he was enshrined as a contributor into the FIBA Hall of Fame.

External links

FIBA Hall of Fame page on Bouffard

FIBA Hall of Fame inductees

Coaches (20)

Alexeyeva Díaz-Miguel Donohue Ferrándiz A. Gomelsky E. Gomelsky Gaze Iba Kondrashin Newell Nikolić Novosel Primo Rubini Smith Soares Stirling Summitt Yow Žeravica

Contributors (32)

Airaldi Rivarola Ashry Atakol Bouffard Busnel Calvo Carneiro Dos Reis Greim Hepp Jones Killian Kozlowski López Martín Naismith Otto Pitzl Popović Ramsay Šaper Saporta Scuri Seguro de Luna Semashko Seye Moreau Stanković Steitz Ueda Vitale Wahby Yoon

Players (43)

Technical officials (14)

Arabadjian Bain Belošević Blanchard Dimou Hopenhaym Kassai Kostin Lazarov Pfeuti Rae Reverberi Rigas Righetto

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