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Vassilis Goumas

Vassilis Goumas, Greek basketball player

Born
November 15, 1946
Age in 2026
80
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1946

About Vassilis Goumas

Vassilis Goumas is a Greek former professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "The Emperor". At the club level, Goumas was a member of the FIBA European Selection team in 1974. While at the national team level, he was the MVP of the 1973 FIBA EuroBasket Qualification Tournament, while representing the senior Greek national team. In June 1987, after Goumas had announced that the upcoming 1987–88 season would be the final season of his basketball playing career, he was honored by FIBA with a retirement farewell celebration FIBA Europe All-Star Game. On 9 December 1983, while playing with AEK Athens, in a Greek League game against VAO Thessaloniki, Goumas became the first player to ever reach 10,000 career points scored in the top-tier level Greek League. With Olympiacos Addis Ababa, he won the African Club Cup Championship title in 1964, and six Ethiopian Premier League championships, in the years 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966. With SCLM, he won the Mozambican League championship in 1970, while also being the Mozambican League's Top Scorer in the same year, with a scoring average of 35 points per game. With Ilysiakos, he won the Greek 2nd Division championship in 1986.

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Vassilis Goumas timeline

  1. With Olympiacos Addis Ababa, he won the African Club Cup Championship title in 1964, and six Ethiopian Premier League championships, in the years 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966.
  2. With SCLM, he won the Mozambican League championship in 1970, while also being the Mozambican League's Top Scorer in the same year, with a scoring average of 35 points per game.
  3. At the club level, Goumas was a member of the FIBA European Selection team in 1974.
  4. On 9 December 1983, while playing with AEK Athens, in a Greek League game against VAO Thessaloniki, Goumas became the first player to ever reach 10,000 career points scored in the top-tier level Greek League.
  5. With Ilysiakos, he won the Greek 2nd Division championship in 1986.

The world when Vassilis Goumas was born

Vassilis Goumas was born in 1946. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1946

  • #1 song"The Christmas Song" – Nat King Cole
  • Top movieThe Best Years of Our Lives
  • Best-selling bookThe King's General – Daphne du Maurier

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst NBA (BAA) season begins
  • Top headlineUnited Nations General Assembly holds its first session
  • Technology milestoneENIAC — first general-purpose electronic computer
  • Defining fadBaby boom begins
  • Notable inventionTupperware
  • World population2.43 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHarry S. Truman
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population141.4M

1946 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Vassilis Goumas's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19462026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$6,600$435,000
Average income$4,300$67,500
Minimum wage$0.40$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.35$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population141.4M341 million

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