About Evald Mikson
Evald Mikson was an Estonian athlete and police officer. A multi-sport athlete, he played basketball and football and was a goalkeeper for the Estonia national football team, winning seven caps between 1934 and 1938. During the 1941–1944 Nazi German occupation of Estonia, he has been accused of being a collaborator with Germany during his service in the police force of Estonian Self-Administration and of committing war crimes against Jews. He later emigrated to Iceland, where he became heavily involved in sports and is credited as one of the pioneers in introducing basketball to the nation. Mikson has been credited as one of the pioneers of basketball in Iceland and was the first coach of ÍR men's basketball team that competed in the inaugural Icelandic Basketball Tournament in 1952.
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