| 词条 | Teófilo Cruz |
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| name = Teófilo Cruz | image = Teofilo Cruz.jpg | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 9 | weight_lbs = 220 | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|1|8|mf=y}} | birth_place = Santurce, Puerto Rico | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|8|30|1942|1|8|mf=y}} | death_place = Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico | league = | team = | college = | nationality = Puerto Rican | draft_year = 1965 | draft_round = 6 | draft_pick = 55 | draft_team = Los Angeles Lakers | career_position = Center | career_number = 13 | career_start = 1957 | career_end = 1982 | highlights =
| FIBA_HOF_player = Teofilo-Cruz | medaltemplates ={{MedalSport|Men’s basketball}}{{MedalCountry|{{PUR}}}}{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}{{MedalSilver|1975 Mexico City|Team}}{{MedalSilver|1971 Santiago de Cali|Team}}{{MedalSilver|1959 Chicago|Team}} }} Teófilo "Teó" Cruz Downs (January 8, 1942 – August 30, 2005) was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Cruz played in the NCAA and the Baloncesto Superior Nacional with Cangrejeros de Santurce, Mets de Guaynabo, Indios de Canovanas, Cardenales de Río Piedras, and Taínos de Mayagüez. Cruz played internationally in Spain with Picadero Damm and in Belgium with Racing Club Mechelen. Cruz was a member of the Puerto Rican national basketball team and represented Puerto Rico in five Olympic games from 1960 to 1976 making him the first athlete to do so. On March 1, 2007 he was selected to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hall of Fame. BiographyCruz was the first basketballer to compete at five Olympics. This was matched twenty years later by Brazilian Oscar Schmidt in 1996 and by American Teresa Edwards and Australian Andrew Gaze in 2000. Cruz played for 25 seasons in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) of Puerto Rico and was the Most Valuable Player 4 times. He was also selected the defensive player of the year a record five times. He played with the Santurce Crabbers, Guaynabo Mets, Canovanas Indians, Río Piedras, and Mayagüez Tainos. Teo also led the league in points per game twice and was the first player ever to reach 9,000 points in the BSN (9535 points to be exact). Teo was the starting center of the Puerto Rican National basketball team in the times when Puerto Rico and Brazil were the two dominant teams in the Americas outside the United States. Teo is one of four Puerto Rican basketball players to have carried the nation's flag for the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Teo did this in 1976 during the Montreal Olympics; the others were Carlos Arroyo (Athens 2004), Jose "Tonin" Casillas (Rome 1960), and Jaime Frontera (Mexico 1968). After Teo's death on August 31, 2005, they decided to name the sports complex in San Juan in his honor. And before a game against Venezuela, a moment of Silence was held in memory of Teofilo Cruz. He died on August 30, 2005 of a brain hemorrhage. Career statsDuring his career in the National Superior Basketball league, Cruz scored 9,512 points with an average of 16.3 points per game. He captured 4,672 rebounds with an average of 8.0 rebounds per game. He also had 605 assists during his twenty-five-year career. International honors and career accomplishments
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