The 1972 Olympic champion as a member of the USSR national team, Anatoly Polivoda, was ahead of his time in basketball and showed himself to be desperately courageous on the court, the four-time champion said USSR on . Vladimir Gomelsky .
On Monday, Polivoda’s death became known. He was 76 years old.
“Tolya was ahead of his time on set. There was no player as powerful as him in Europe at the end of the 60s. I even remember the caricature that was made of him. After all, he not only had power, but also fantastic jumping ability. And he was shown jumping with the ball towards the hoop, his wings behind his back. And the fact that in 1967 at the World Championships in Montevideo they were recognized as the best center (and this was at the age of 19!) was a huge success. It is a pity that a congenital disease did not allow Tolya to play at such a high level for quite a long time. Unfortunately, they didn’t know how to treat it at the time. But he was extraordinary and very courageous on the pitch. This is desperate Cossack courage. Tolya was not afraid of anyone. They were afraid of him, but he was not afraid of anyone,” Gomelsky told .
As a member of the USSR team, Polivoda also became a bronze medalist at the 1968 Games, a world champion in 1967 and a three-time European champion (1967, 1969, 1971).
Source : MatchTV
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