Alberto Pedro Cabrera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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basketball player
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Place of Birth: BahÃa Blanca, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
About Alberto Pedro Cabrera
- Alberto Pedro "Beto" Cabrera (also nicknamed Mago or Mandrake because of his playing skills) (December 16, 1945 – August 12, 2000) was an Argentine basketball player.
- At club level, Cabrera won 17 championships with his former club, Estudiantes de BahÃa Blanca and 12 titles playing for the BahÃa Blanca City team.
- He also played 8 years for the Argentina national team, being also its captain. Cabrera had been considered the best Argentine basketball player ever before the huge success achieved by Manu Ginóbili playing at the NBA.
- Cabrera was also named Sportsman of the 20th Century by his born town, BahÃa Blanca, in 1999.
- This city is also considered "Capital Nacional del Básquet#" (National Capital City of Basketball) in Argentina due to the popularity of that sport there.
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