Veikko Vainio
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 April 1948 Kotka, Finland |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | BYU (1968–1971) |
| NBA draft | 1971: undrafted |
| Playing career | 1964–1974 |
| Position | Center |
| Career history | |
| 1964–1967 | KTP |
| 1971–1974 | Pantterit |
| Career highlights | |
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Veikko Vainio (born April 1, 1948) is a retired Finnish professional basketball player. At 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) tall, he played at the center position. He earned All-Tournament Team honors at EuroBasket 1967.
College career
[edit]Vainio played college basketball at Brigham Young University (BYU), with the Cougars.
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]In his club career, Vainio won one Finnish League championship, in 1967, while playing with KTP.
Finnish national team
[edit]Vainio was a regular member of the senior Finnish national team, with whom he played in 68 games. He helped lead Finland to a sixth-place finish at the EuroBasket 1967, averaging 7.1 points per game. He was selected to the All-Tournament Team.
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- 1948 births
- Living people
- BYU Cougars men's basketball players
- Centers (basketball)
- Finnish expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Finnish men's basketball players
- KTP-Basket players
- Sportspeople from Kotka
- 20th-century Finnish sportsmen
- European basketball biography stubs
- Finnish sportspeople stubs