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Heino Kruus

1926 - 2012

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Heino Kruus (30 September 1926 in Tallinn – 24 June 2012) was an Estonian basketball player (186 cm) who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Kalev in TallinnHe was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played in all eight matches. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heino Kruus has received more than 14,472 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Heino Kruus is the 157th most popular basketball player (up from 168th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 136th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Estonian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Heino Kruus ranks 157 out of 1,268Before him are Valdemaras Chomičius, Stojko Vranković, Horace Grant, Lamar Odom, Michel Bonnevie, and Ben Wallace. After him are Rudy Tomjanovich, Detlef Schrempf, Tatyana Ovechkina, Stepas Butautas, John Kundla, and Paul Pierce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Heino Kruus ranks 381Before him are Andrea Kékesy, Paul Lynde, Víctor Ugarte, Conrad Hall, Kristen Nygaard, and George Rhoden. After him are Garret FitzGerald, Danny Blanchflower, Moira Shearer, Klaus Schütz, Katie Boyle, and John Ericson. Among people deceased in 2012, Heino Kruus ranks 342Before him are Viktor Kosichkin, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Tibor Csernai, Bill Moggridge, Ralph McQuarrie, and Corrie Sanders. After him are Margaret Osborne duPont, Susan Tyrrell, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Klaus Schütz, Keith Campbell, and Rodolfo Quezada Toruño.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Heino Kruus ranks 158 out of 310Before him are Jüri Ratas (1978), Paul Felix Schmidt (1916), Erki Nool (1970), Silvi Vrait (1951), Heinrich Mark (1911), and Viivi Luik (1946). After him are August Gailit (1891), Jaak Lipso (1940), Anne Veski (1956), Mihkel Veske (1843), Paul-Eerik Rummo (1942), and Juhan Parts (1966).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Estonia

Among basketball players born in Estonia, Heino Kruus ranks 2Before him are Joann Lõssov (1921). After him are Jaak Lipso (1940), Tiit Sokk (1964), Martin Müürsepp (1974), and Kristjan Kangur (1982).