Oscar Moglia

Uruguayan basketball player

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is  Moglia and the second or maternal family name is  Eiras.

Oscar Moglia

Personal information
Born| (1935-02-01)February 1, 1935
Montevideo, Uruguay
Died| 8 October 1989(1989-10-08) (aged 54)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Listed height| 6 ft 8.75 in (2.05 m)
Listed weight| 225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
NBA draft| 1953: undrafted
Playing career| 1950–1972
Position| Small forward
Number| 25
Career history
1950–1972| Club Atlético Welcome
Career highlights and awards
As player:

* Summer Olympic Games Top Scorer (1956)
* 5× Uruguayan Federal Champion (1953, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1967)
* 8× Uruguayan Federal Championship Top Scorer (1953–1960)

FIBA Hall of Fame as player

Medals

Men's Basketball
Representing  Uruguay
Summer Olympics
|  1956 Melbourne |
FIBA South American Championship
|  1953 Uruguay |
|  1955 Colombia |
|  1958 Chile |

Oscar Aldo Moglia Eiras (February 1, 1935 - October 8, 1989) was a basketball player from Uruguay.

## Club career

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During his club career, Moglia played with the Uruguayan team Club Atlético Welcome. He won five Uruguayan Federal Championships (1953, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1967). He was the league's second all-time highest scorer, after Fefo Ruiz, with 11,374 career total points scored.

## National team career

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With the senior Uruguayan national basketball team, Moglia was the top scorer in points per game, of the 1954 FIBA World Championship, with a scoring average of 18.7 points per game.[1] He was also named to the All-Tournament Team. He won the bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympic Games, in Melbourne, Australia. He was also the leading scorer of that tournament, with a scoring average of 26.0 points per game.[2]

He also played at the 1967 FIBA World Championship. He won gold medals at the 1953 FIBA South American Championship and the 1955 FIBA South American Championship, and a silver medal at the 1958 FIBA South American Championship. He was the leading scorer of the FIBA South American Championship three times, (1955, 1958, 1960).

On June 11, Moglia was inducted to the FIBA Hall of Fame, class of 2021[3]

## References

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1. ^ "archive.fiba.com: 1954 World Championship for Men: Uruguay". archive.fiba.com.
2. ^ "archive.fiba.com: 1956 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men: Uruguay". archive.fiba.com.
3. ^ "2021 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame: Oscar Moglia".

## External links

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* Oscar Moglia at FIBA Archive
* Oscar Moglia at the FIBA Hall of Fame
* Oscar Moglia – Basketball-Reference.com international player profile
* Oscar Moglia at Olympics.com
* Oscar Moglia at Olympedia

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FIBA Hall of Fame inductees

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Players|

* Amaury
* Arcain
* A. Belov
* S. Belov
* Berkovich
* Bira
* Cameron
* Chazalon
* Ćosić
* Cruz
* Dalipagić
* Daneu
* Delibašić
* Divac
* Donovan
* Dydek
* Edwards
* Epi
* Fasoulas
* Faye
* Fijalkowski
* Furlong
* Galis
* A. Gaze
* Giannakis
* Golomeev
* González
* Herrera
* Horáková
* Jean-Jacques
* Jordan
* Łopatka
* Kićanović
* Korać
* Kropilák
* Kukoč
* Marcari
* Marčiulionis
* Martín
* Marzorati
* Meneghin
* Meyers
* Miller
* Moglia
* Mourning
* Mujanović
* Nash
* Németh
* O'Neal
* Oberto
* Olajuwon
* Ortiz
* Paula
* Paulauskas
* Park
* Petrović
* Raga
* Rigaudeau
* Robertson
* Robinson
* Rodríguez
* Ronchetti
* Russell
* Sabonis
* Sako
* Schmidt
* Schrempf
* Semjonova
* Slavnić
* Stoyanova
* Tarakanov
* Timms
* Tkachenko
* Valters
* Volkov
* Voynova
* Warda
* Zassoulskaya
* Zdovc
* Zheng
* Zídek

Coaches|

* Alekseyeva
* Canavesi
* Daly
* Díaz-Miguel
* Donohue
* Ferrándiz
* L. Gaze
* A. Gomelsky
* E. Gomelsky
* Hejková
* Iba
* Ivković
* Kanela
* Kondrashin
* Magnano
* Maher
* Messina
* Newell
* Nikolić
* Novosel
* Pešić
* Primo
* Rubini
* Smith
* Stirling
* Summitt
* Tanjević
* VanDerveer
* Vasojević
* Yow
* Zuoyun
* Žeravica

Contributors|

* Founding Federations: Argentine
* Czechoslovakian
* Greek
* Italian
* Latvian
* Portuguese
* Romanian
* Swiss

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

Technical officials|

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

Teams|

* 1992 USA Men's "Dream Team"

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Uruguay squad – 1956 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal

* Blixen
* Cortés
* Costa
* Chelle
* Demarco
* García
* González
* Matto
* Moglia
* Mera
* Olascoaga
* Scaron
* Coach: Reboledo

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FIBA World Cup top scorers

* 1950: Salvadores
* 1954: Moglia
* 1959: Chen
* 1963: Duarte
* 1967: Łopatka
* 1970: Shin
* 1974: Guerrero
* 1978: Brabenec
* 1982: Frazer
* 1986: Galis
* 1990: Oscar
* 1994: Gaze
* 1998: Herreros
* 2002: Nowitzki
* 2006: Yao
* 2010: Scola
* 2014: Barea
* 2019: Ra
* 2023: Dončić

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