Ferenc Hepp · In memoriam
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Ferenc Hepp
1909 – 1980 · 71 years
Dr. Ferenc Hepp (3 November 1909 in Békés, Hungary – 27 November 1980) was a basketball administrator. He is considered "the father of Hungarian basketball". He became the president of the Hungarian Basketball Federation in 1954 and was a member of the FIBA Central Board in the 1950s and 1960s. He was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 1981. In 2007, he was enshrined as a contributor into the FIBA Hall of Fame.
