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Ruy de Freitas

1916 - 2012

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Ruy de Freitas (24 August 1916 – 2 August 2012), also commonly known as Tio Ruy, was a Brazilian professional basketball player and coach, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1948. He was born in Macaé. At his first appearance in London he won the bronze medal with the Brazilian basketball team under the guidance of head coach Moacyr Daiuto. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruy de Freitas is the 241st most popular basketball player (down from 214th in 2019), the 804th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 763rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Ruy de Freitas ranks 241 out of 1,757. Before him are Jason Kidd, Earl Monroe, Juan Hernangómez, Viktor Zubkov, Valdis Muižnieks, and James Forbes. After him are Rodolfo Choperena, Cēzars Ozers, Andrei Kirilenko, Rudy Tomjanovich, Dennis Johnson, and Dave DeBusschere.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Ruy de Freitas ranks 281. Before him are Vicente Ferreira da Silva, Robert Marshak, Walker Percy, Bohumil Modrý, Charles F. Hockett, and Spark Matsunaga. After him are Paul Felix Schmidt, Gene Mako, Giuseppe Tosi, Kanan Devi, Peter Geach, and Richard Hofstadter. Among people deceased in 2012, Ruy de Freitas ranks 406. Before him are Ramaz Urushadze, Juan Lezcano, András Szente, Norman Alden, Piermario Morosini, and Leszek Drogosz. After him are Ian Burgess, Michael O'Hare, Barney McKenna, Janice E. Voss, Nicholas Katzenbach, and Joel Goldsmith.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Ruy de Freitas ranks 804 out of 2,236. Before him are Carlos Eugênio Simon (1965), Marisa Monte (1967), Aloísio Pires Alves (1963), Beto (1975), Émerson Carvalho da Silva (1975), and Milton Cruz (1957). After him are Paulo Henrique Ganso (1989), Alex Barros (1970), Letícia Sabatella (1971), Denílson Pereira Neves (1988), Katatau (1986), and Muricy Ramalho (1955).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Brazil

Among basketball players born in Brazil, Ruy de Freitas ranks 2. Before him are Oscar Schmidt (1958). After him are Nenê (1982), Tiago Splitter (1985), Hortência Marcari (1959), Marcelo Huertas (1983), Leandro Barbosa (1982), Anderson Varejão (1982), Raul Neto (1992), Marcelinho Machado (1975), Bruno Caboclo (1995), and Lucas Nogueira (1992).

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