About Esko Karhunen
Lived 1928 – 2016 (aged 88). Esko Karhunen was a Finnish basketball player.
Esko Ensio ”Sir Emal” Karhunen (4 January 1928 – 8 March 2016) was a Finnish basketball player and contributor.
The Karhunen spent his whole SM-sarja career at Pantterit basketball club, and its predecessors, in Helsinki, and was in a record 13 Finnish championship-winning teams. He was also capped eight times for the Finland men's national team and represented his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
After his career as a player, Karhunen was a basketball contributor in Pantterit. He organized a practice tournament which was played between 1971–2000 and brought the Harlem Globetrotters to Finland.
Karhunen was inducted into the Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. Karhunen died on 8 March 2016 in Helsinki at 88 years of age.
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Who was Esko Karhunen?
Finnish basketball player (1928-2016)
When was Esko Karhunen born?
Esko Karhunen was born on 4 January 1928 in Helsinki.
When did Esko Karhunen die?
Esko Karhunen died on 8 March 2016 in Helsinki.
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Esko Karhunen was a basketball player.
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Esko Karhunen was Finnish.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Esko Karhunen. https://biography.guide/esko-karhunen/
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