Constantin Herold
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Ioan Meșotă National College (Brașov)
Andrei Șaguna National College (Brașov)
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 February 1912 |
| Died | 28 August 1984 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Career information | |
| High school | Saints Peter and Pavel High School (Ploiești) Ioan Meșotă National College (Brașov) Andrei Șaguna National College (Brașov) |
| College | ANEFS (1931–1935) (Bucharest) |
| Playing career | 1935–1953 |
| Coaching career | 1950–1968 |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1935–1949 | Telefon Club București |
| 1950–1951 | Locomotiva PTT București |
| 1952–1953 | CCA București |
Coaching | |
| 1950–1951 | Locomotiva PTT București |
| 1954–1968 | CCA București |
| 1959–1961 | Romania |
| Career highlights | |
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As coach:
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Constantin Herold (4 February 1912 – 28 August 1984) was a Romanian multi-sport athlete who practiced 14 sports throughout his career.[1][2][3] He was mostly known for his activity in basketball, where he was a player and coach.[4][5][6] On 17 June 2005, he received post-mortem the Honorary Citizen of Moreni title.[2]
Herold was born on 4 February 1912 in Moreni, Romania from a family of six children.[1][2][3] He was drawn to sport as a preschooler, playing football at the M.A.T.I.L.U.S. sports association.[1][2][3] At the age of 10, he won a children athletics competition in Moreni, placing first in all five disciplines (shot put, long jump, high jump, sprint run and long-distance running).[1][2][3] Later he moved in Ploiești at the "Saints Peter and Pavel" High School where he continued exercising athletics and football, also starting to participate in gymnastics disciplines.[1][2][3] In 1926 he moved to Brașov, where he attended the Ioan Meșotă and Andrei Șaguna High Schools, continuing to develop his multi-sport abilities, winning school inter-class decathlon competitions.[1][2][3] In 1931, he became a student at the National University of Physical Education and Sport (ANEFS).[1][2][3]
Basketball career
Herold played his first basketball game in 1934 for his college team ANEFS at the first ever National University Championship in a 4–27 loss against the University of Law School Bucharest team.[1][3][7]
Later he played for Telefon Club București which in 1950 merged with CFR București in order to create Locomotiva PTT București, where Herold was a player-coach, winning the 1951 Romanian League title.[1][4][5][6][8] He also played 24 games for the national team, including appearances in EuroBasket 1947 where the team finished in 10th position with Herold having a 6.6 average points per game scored.[1][4][5][6][9] In 1952 he transferred to newly founded club CCA București where he played until 1953 after which he retired from playing and became the team's coach.[1][2][3][5][6]
He coached CCA București from 1954 until 1968, winning 10 Romanian League titles (7 consecutive) and reaching the semi-finals in the 1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup.[1][3][4][5][10] He worked through the years with players such as Andrei Folbert, Mihai Nedef, Liviu Naghy, Emil Niculescu, Alexandru Fodor, Florin Burada, Armand Novacek, Mihai Erdogh, Mihai Dimancea, Ioan Testiban, Theodor Nedelea, Ion Cimpoiaș and Valeriu Gheorghe, who nicknamed him "Uncle", and the press nicknamed the team "The uncle and his nephews" or "The golden CCA".[1][3][5][6][10]
Herold coached the national team during EuroBasket 1959 (8th place) and EuroBasket 1961 (7th place).[1][4][5][6]
