Pierluigi Marzorati
Pierluigi "Pierlo" Marzorati is an Italian former professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "L'ingegnere volante". He is considered to have been one of the best point guards of all time in Europe, and was named the Mister Europa, in 1976. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. In 2007, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame and enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. Marzorati was inducted into the Walk of Fame of Italian sport in May of 2015.
Club playing career
Marzorati was one of the key players of the Cantù team, winning 2 Italian League championships, 2 FIBA European Champions' Cup (EuroLeague) titles, 4 FIBA Cup Winners' Cups, 4 FIBA Korać Cups and 2 FIBA Intercontinental Cups. Marzorati's number 14 jersey was retired by Cantù on 12 September 1991.In July 2006, Marzorati decided to come back at age 54, to top class competitions with Cantù, for the 70th anniversary of the team. On 6 October 2006, he finally appeared in an official game for Cantù, playing two minutes in an Italian League game, against the Italian national league champions Benetton Treviso. Cantù won the game by a score of 70–69. This way, he became the first basketball player in history to have played official games in five different decades, as well as the oldest professional basketball player to have ever taken part in an official game.
In 693 games played in the top-tier level Italian League, Marzorati scored a total of 8,659 points.