Ferenc Hepp
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Dr. Ferenc Hepp (born November 3, 1909 in Békés, Hungary, died November 27, 1980) was a basketball administrator. He is considered the "father of Hungarian basketball". Hepp is a 1935 graduate of Springfield College. 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.
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