Einar Bollason
Einar Bollason | |
---|---|
3rd Chairman of KKÍ | |
In office 1973–1976 | |
Preceded by | Hólmsteinn Sigurðsson |
Succeeded by | Páll Júlíusson |
Personal details | |
Born | Reykjavík, Kingdom of Iceland | 6 November 1943
Basketball career | |
Personal information | |
Listed height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 1958–1984 |
Position | Center |
Coaching career | 1966–1989 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1958–1960 | ÍR |
1961–1967 | KR |
1967–1969 | Þór Akureyri |
1969–1972 | KR |
1976–1981 | KR |
1981–1982 | FH |
1983–1984 | Haukar |
As coach: | |
1966–1967 | KR |
1967–1969 | Þór Akureyri (Men's) |
1968–1969 | Þór Akureyri (Women's) |
1973–1974 | KR |
1974–1976 | Iceland (Men's) |
1977 | Iceland (Men's) |
1979–1982 | Iceland (Men's) |
1979–1980 | Fram (Men's) |
1982–1986 | Haukar (Men's) |
1984–1987 | Iceland (Men's) |
1986–1988 | ÍR (Men's) |
1988–1989 | Haukar (Men's) |
Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As coach:
| |
Career Úrvalsdeild karla statistics | |
Points | 2,914 (17.9 ppg) |
Games | 163 |
Einar Gunnar Bollason (born 6 November 1943) is an Icelandic former basketball player, coach and TV analyst.[1][2] As a player, he won the Icelandic championship six times with KR. In 2001, he was named to the Icelandic basketball team of the 20th century and the coach of the 20th century by the Icelandic Basketball Association. In 2020, he received the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon from the president of Iceland.[3]
Early life
[edit]Einar was born in Vesturbær in Reykjavík.[4]
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Einar came up through the junior ranks of ÍR and played his first senior games at the age of 15. He later moved to KR where he spent the bulk of his career.[5]
Icelandic national team
[edit]Between 1964 and 1978, Einar played 35 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[6]
Coaching career
[edit]Einar coached the men's national team in 1974–1976, 1977, 1979–1982 and 1984–1987. During his tenures the team played 133 games, winning 57.[7]
Team of the 20th century
[edit]In 2001 Einar was voted to the Icelandic team of the 20th century in basketball, both as a player and a coach.[8]
Icelandic Basketball Association
[edit]Einar served as the chairman of the Icelandic Basketball Association from 1973 to 1976.[9]
Career statistics in Icelandic top league
[edit]Legend | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GP | Games played | FGM | Field goals made | ||
FM | Free-throws made | FT | Free-throws taken | ||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | TP | Total Points | ||
PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
† | Denotes seasons in which Einar won the Icelandic National championship |
Led the league |
Year | Team | GP | FGM | FM | FT | FT% | TP | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961-62 | KR | 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 84 | 16,8 |
1962-63 | KR | 8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 139 | 17.4 |
1963-64 | KR | 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 63 | 20.7 |
1964-65† | KR | 8 | 70 | 30 | 52 | 57.7% | 170 | 21.3 |
1965-66† | KR | 8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 210 | 26.3 |
1966-67† | KR | 10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 207 | 20.7 |
1967-68 | Þór | 10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 192 | 19.2 |
1968-69 | Þór | 10 | N/A | 97 | 124 | 78.3% | 318 | 31.8 |
1969-70 | KR | 10 | 74 | 85 | 194 | 81.7% | 233 | 23.3 |
1970-71 | KR | 12 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 292 | 24.3 |
1971-72 | KR | 14 | 133 | 38 | 49 | 77,6% | 304 | 21.7 |
1976-77 | KR | 12 | 106 | 91 | 122 | 74.6% | 303 | 25.3 |
1977-78† | KR | 13 | 83 | 44 | 62 | 71.0% | 210 | 16.2 |
1978-79† | KR | 20 | 95 | 50 | 68 | 73.5% | 240 | 12.0 |
1979-80 | KR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 2 | 2.0 |
1980-81 | KR | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 6 | 1.2 |
1983-84 | Haukar | 14 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 46.2% | 26 | 1.9 |
Career | 163 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2914 | 17.9 |
Guðmundur and Geirfinnur case
[edit]In 1976, Einar, along with three others, sat innocent for 105 days in solitary confinement after his sister and other suspects in the Guðmundur and Geirfinnur case (Icelandic: Guðmundar- og Geirfinnsmálið) had implicated them to the case.[2] He had been accused falsely by his step-sister, Erla Bolladóttir of having been involved in the case during her confessions. Erla was later sentenced to jail for perjury, as part of the Reykjavik Six, while Einar was released.
References
[edit]- ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (20 April 2011). "Hrafn og Fannar fetuðu í fótspor Gunnars og Einars Bolla". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Hef meiri tíma með hestunum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 1 April 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Hin íslenska Fálkaorða". forseti.is (in Icelandic). Office of the President of Iceland. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Hef meiri tíma með hestunum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 1 April 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Kjartan L. Pálsson (30 March 1979). "Þetta var sá síðasti hjá Einari". Vísir (in Icelandic). p. 5.
- ^ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Einar Bollason er sextugur í dag". kki.is. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn
- ^ Einar Bollason er sextugur