Mu Tiezhu
Personal information | |
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Born | June 1, 1949 |
Died | September 14, 2008 |
Nationality | Chinese |
Listed height | 228 cm (7 ft 6 in)[1] |
Listed weight | 160 kg (353 lb)[2] |
Position | Center |
Mu "Iron Pole" Tiezhu (simplified Chinese:
Biography
[edit]Mu was born in Dongming County, Heze, Shandong in 1949.
Mu was one of the first Chinese giants who appeared in the China men's national basketball team. He played for the national basketball team for 14 years. As a member of Bayi Basketball Team, Mu still held the highest score of 81 points in a game, and played against the 1978 NBA champion Washington Bullets twice in August, 1979. Mu retired as a player in 1987, and as a coach in 2000.[3]
He was often compared with Sun Mingming, because both of them have acromegaly, and could slam dunk without their feet leaving the ground.
Mu Tiezhu died of myocardial infarction on September 14, 2008, in Beijing.[4] Two days after his death, The Draft Review named Mu as an "Honorable Draftee", saying he would have been a very high pick in the 1972 NBA draft had China been a more open society at the time.[5]
Honours
[edit]- FIBA Asia Championship: 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983
- Asian Games: 1978
- Asia Club Championship: 1981, 1984
Filmography
[edit]Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | One Night Pop Star | Giant | ||
The Silly Manager | 傻冒经理 | Big Darkie | ||
1990 | Black Spot | Giant kickboxer | ||
1991 | Woman-Taxi-Woman | Traffic policeman |
Honors
[edit]- Asian Games, champion, 1978
- Asian Basketball Championships, champion, 1979, 1981, 1983
References
[edit]- ^ "[The Legends] ⑪ 승부욕이 만들어낸 Real 카리스마 김동광". 20 March 2022.
- ^ "[The Legends] ⑪ 승부욕이 만들어낸 Real 카리스마 김동광". 20 March 2022.
- ^ Legendary basketball player Mu Tiezhu cremated
- ^ Yao Ming saddened by Mu's death Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Honorable Draftee: Mu Tiezhu remembered
- 1949 births
- 2008 deaths
- Bayi Rockets players
- People with acromegaly
- Asian Games medalists in basketball
- Basketball players at the 1978 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Chinese men's basketball players
- 20th-century Chinese male actors
- Chinese male film actors
- People from Dongming County
- Male actors from Shandong
- Basketball players from Shandong
- Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
- Hui sportspeople
- Chinese basketball biography stubs