Herbert Niiler

Herbert Aleksander Juhan Niiler (27 April 1905 – 13 April 1982) was an Estonian American basketball player and coach.

[1] He received a degree in physical education from Springfield College in 1928[2] and then introduced basketball to Estonia.

[3] In 1945, he fled from the Soviet occupation with his family via Sweden and Germany to the United States, where they resided in Pittsburgh from 1949 onward.

[2][4] Niiler died at North Hills Passavant Hospital in 1982.

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