Stepas Butautas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stepas Butautas

basketball player

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1925

Place of Birth: Kaunas, Kaunas County

Date of Death: 22-Mar-2001

Profession: university teacher, basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Stepas Butautas (alternate spellings: Stiepas, Butaustas) (25 August 1925 – 22 March 2001 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach.
He trained at the VSS Žalgiris, in Kaunas.
He played with the senior men's Soviet Union national basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal.
During the tournament, he played in all eight games.He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.