Alain Gilles

{{short description|French basketball player and coach}}

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| name = Alain Gilles

| image = Alain Gilles.jpg

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| caption = Gilles, in 1980.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 175

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|5|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Roanne, France

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|11|18|1945|5|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Montpellier, France

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| career_number = 4

| career_position = Point guard / shooting guard

| career_start = 1962

| career_end = 1986

| coach_start = 1980

| coach_end = 1993

| years1 = 1962–1965

| team1 = Chorale Roanne

| years2 = 1965–1986

| team2 = ASVEL

| cyears1 = 1980–1989

| cteam1 = ASVEL

| cyears2 = 1990–1993

| cteam2 = Montpellier

| highlights =

As player:

• FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
• Best French Player of the 20th Century
• French National Sports Hall of Fame (2007)
• French Basketball Hall of Fame (2004)
• No. 4 retired by ASVEL
• Legion of Honour
• National Order of Merit (France)
• 8× French League champion (1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1981)
• 2× French Cup winner (1965, 1967)
• 3× French League Player of the Year (1965, 1967, 1968)

As head coach:

• French League champion (1981)
• French Cup winner (1984)

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Alain Gilles (5 May 1945 – 18 November 2014)[http://www.ffbb.com/alain-gilles-sen-est-alle Alain Gilles s'en est allé {{in lang|fr}}.] was a French professional basketball player and coach. He was {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall and played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.

His number 4 jersey was retired by ASVEL, and the club's logo was also designed in his honor. In 1991, Gilles was included in the FIBA's 50 Greatest Players' list.

He was named The Best French Basketball Player of the 20th Century, by a panel of players, coaches, and journalists. He was nicknamed "Monsieur Basket" (English: "Mr. Basket").

The Alain Gilles Trophy ("The Best French Player Award") is named after him, in his honor by the French Federation of Basketball.