Irving Meretsky

Canadian basketball player (1912–2006)

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Born: May 17, 1912
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1.Stated in FIBA databaseRetrieved 2025-06-05
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Died: May 18, 2006
Birthplace: Windsor
Place of death: Windsor
Citizenship: Canada
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Occupation: basketball player
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1.Stated in Basketball ReferenceRetrieved 2022-04-23
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Irving "Toots" Meretsky was a Canadian basketball player who won the first and to this date only silver medal for Canada in the first Olympic basketball competition, playing forward as a part of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

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Sex or gender: male
Sport: basketball
Participant in: 1936 Summer Olympics
Given name: Irving
Family name: Meretsky
Sports discipline competed in: basketball
Country for sport: Canada
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1.Stated in FIBA databaseRetrieved 2025-06-05
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