Hossein Soudipour (Persian: حسین صعودیپور; 21 March 1922 – 13 September 2017) was a medical doctor and former basketball player and head coach of Iran's national basketball team.
[citation needed] Hossein was a part of Iran's national basketball team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London,[1] the first time that Iran's team qualified for the competition.
He was also a member of the team when they won the bronze medal in the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi.
He was chosen personally by the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to be on the team .
The shah loved watching him play specially his sky hooks .