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Nikos Stavropoulos

Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach

Born
June 17, 1959
Age in 2026
67
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1959

About Nikos Stavropoulos

Nikolaos "Nikos" Stavropoulos, a.k.a. Professor Nicholas "Magic" Stavropoulos, is a former Greek professional basketball player and coach. During his club playing career, at a height of 1.96 m tall, Stavropoulos played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. During his playing career, Stavropoulos was known for his dazzling passing skills, and his spectacular play-making ability, which garnered him the nickname "Magic", or "Greek Magic", after NBA player Magic Johnson, who played during the same era, and was also known for his dazzling passes and play-making ability. Stavropoulos is the first player to make a 3-point basket in the Greek League, after the 3-point shot was first introduced into the league, in the 1984–85 season. With PAOK, Stavropoulos won the Greek Cup title in 1984, in which he was the Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer without 25 points. With PAOK, he also won the European-wide secondary level FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (Saporta Cup) championship in the 1990–91 season, and played in the same competition's final in the 1991–92 season. He also won the Greek League championship with PAOK in 1992.

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Nikos Stavropoulos timeline

  1. Stavropoulos is the first player to make a 3-point basket in the Greek League, after the 3-point shot was first introduced into the league, in the 1984–85 season.
  2. With PAOK, Stavropoulos won the Greek Cup title in 1984, in which he was the Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer without 25 points.
  3. With PAOK, he also won the European-wide secondary level FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (Saporta Cup) championship in the 1990–91 season, and played in the same competition's final in the 1991–92 season.
  4. He also won the Greek League championship with PAOK in 1992.

The world when Nikos Stavropoulos was born

Nikos Stavropoulos was born in 1959. 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 1959

  • #1 song"Mack the Knife" – Bobby Darin
  • Top movieBen-Hur
  • Top TV showGunsmoke
  • Best-selling bookGoldfinger – Ian Fleming

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentIngemar Johansson knocks out Floyd Patterson for heavyweight title
  • Top headlineAlaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th US states
  • Technology milestoneMicrochip (integrated circuit) invented
  • Defining fadBarbie dolls
  • Notable inventionBarbie doll
  • World population2.98 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championLos Angeles Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population177.1M

1959 versus 2026

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

Measure19592026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$12,400$435,000
Average income$7,000$67,500
Minimum wage$1.00$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.69$11.95
Postage stamp$0.04$0.73
Population177.1M341 million

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