By Stefan Acevski/ info@eurohoops.net
Brazilian Oscar Schmidt passed away at the age of 68 after feeling sick, his family confirmed.
Oscar Schmidt was a legendary Brazilian basketball player who spent most of his career in the local league. He played for Palmeiras, Sirio, America do Rio, JuveCaserta, Pavia, Valladolid, Corinthians, Bandeirantes, and Flamengo.
During his career, he won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup and was the top scorer of that competition. FIBA included him in the list of the 50 greatest basketball players in 1991, and he was also three times part of the ULEB All-Star. He was the top scorer in Spain and seven times the top scorer in Italy.
He was the MVP of the Italian All-Star in 1987, and a year later, he won the Italian Cup with JuveCaserta, a team he was part of from 1982 to 1990.
Schmidt is the top scorer in the history of the Olympic Games with a total of 1,093 points, 333 of which were scored in a single tournament, which remains a record to this day. Additionally, in that tournament, specifically in 1988, he had an average of 42.3 points per game.
His number 18 was retired by JuveCaserta, number 11 by Pavia, and number 14 by Flamengo. He also won a bronze medal at the World Championship in Manila.