1926 - 2012
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, Heino Kruus ranks 157 out of 1,268. Before 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.
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 151
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 152
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 153
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 154
1921 - 2018
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 155
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 156
1926 - 2012
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 157
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 158
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 159
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 160
1925 - 2001
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 161
1916 - 2017
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 162
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 163
Among people born in 1926, Heino Kruus ranks 381. Before 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 342. Before 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.
1926 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 375
1926 - 1982
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 376
1926 - 1995
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 377
1926 - 2003
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 378
1926 - 2002
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 379
1926 - Present
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 380
1926 - 2012
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 381
1926 - 2011
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 382
1926 - 1993
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 383
1926 - 2006
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 384
1926 - 2012
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 385
1926 - 2018
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 386
1926 - 2020
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 387
1938 - 2012
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 336
1921 - 2012
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 337
1938 - 2012
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 338
1943 - 2012
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 339
1929 - 2012
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 340
1966 - 2012
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 341
1926 - 2012
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 342
1918 - 2012
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 343
1945 - 2012
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 344
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 345
1926 - 2012
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 346
1954 - 2012
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 347
1932 - 2012
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 348
Among people born in Estonia, Heino Kruus ranks 158 out of 310. Before 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).
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 152
1916 - 1984
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 153
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 154
1951 - 2013
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 155
1911 - 2004
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 156
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 157
1926 - 2012
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 158
1891 - 1960
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 159
1940 - 2023
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 160
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 161
1843 - 1890
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 162
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 163
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 164
Among basketball players born in Estonia, Heino Kruus ranks 2. Before him are Joann Lõssov (1921). After him are Jaak Lipso (1940), Tiit Sokk (1964), Martin Müürsepp (1974), and Kristjan Kangur (1982).
1921 - 2000
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 1
1926 - 2012
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 2
1940 - 2023
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 3
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 4
1974 - Present
HPI: 32.99
Rank: 5
1982 - Present
HPI: 27.79
Rank: 6