Alekos Spanoudakis

{{Short description|Greek basketball player (1928–2019)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth_date|df=yes|1928|07|08}}

| birth_place = Chania, Crete, Greece

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|3|10|1928|07|08|df=yes}}

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| nationality = Greek

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| career_position = Shooting guard

| career_start = 1947

| career_end = 1964

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| years1 = 1947–1964

| team1 = Olympiacos

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• 2× Greek League champion (1949, 1960)

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{{MedalBronze|1949 Egypt|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalBronze|1955 Spain|}}

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Alexandros Spanoudakis ({{langx|el|Αλέξανδρος "Αλέκος" Σπανουδάκης}}; 8 July 1928{{Cite web|url=https://pikosapikos.gr/efyge-pliris-imeron-o-megalos-alekos-spanoydakis/|title=Έφυγε πλήρης ημερών ο μεγάλος Αλέκος Σπανουδάκης – pikosapikos.gr}} – 10 March 2019) was a Greek basketball player. He represented the Greece men's national basketball team. Along with his brother, Ioannis,[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102800/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/alexandros-spanoudakis-1.html Alexandros Spanoudakis Related Olympians: Brother of Jean Spanoudakis.] he is considered to be one of the early leading pioneers of the sport of modern basketball in the country of Greece. While a member of the Greek Basket League club Olympiacos, he became the first Greek basketball player to shoot jump shots in the modern style and technique, in the 1950s.[http://www.olympiacosbc.gr/en/history-en/history-of-a-legend/3543-1938-1960-the-birth-and-the-first-championships.html 1938-1960: The birth and the first championships.]