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The following are the
basketball events of the year
1982 throughout the world.
- January 5 —
Jack Kiley, American NBA player (born 1929)
- January 21 —
Jules Bender, American college All-American (
Long Island) and original
ABL player (born 1914)
- January 21 —
Ned Irish, American
Hall of Fame president of the
New York Knicks (born 1905)
- January 31 —
Étienne Onimus, French Olympic player (born 1907)
- February 21 —
Jim Bradley, American
ABA and
CBA player (born 1952)
- April 10 —
Vic Hanson, Hall of Fame college player (
Syracuse) (born 1903)
- April 27 —
Herbert Niiler, Estonian Olympic player (born 1905)
- June 13 —
Jim Montgomery, American NBL player (born 1915)
- June 21 —
Fred Zollner, American Hall of Fame professional owner (
Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1901)
- July 6 —
Junior Saffer, American NBL player (born 1918)
- September 17 —
Raúl Fernández, Mexican Olympic player (born 1905)
- October 21 —
Stan Zadel, American NBL player (born 1916)
- October 23 —
Gary Suiter, American NBA player (born 1942)
- November 8 —
Roy Leenig, American
NCAA player and coach (born 1920)
- December 9 —
Janusz Patrzykont, Polish Olympic player (born 1912)
- December 17 —
Franco Marquicias, Filipino Olympic player (born 1905)