Einar Bollason

Einar Bollason
Einar Bollason
3rd Chairman of KKÍ
	In office; 1973–1976
Preceded by	Hólmsteinn Sigurðsson
Succeeded by	Páll Júlíusson
Personal details
Born	6 November 1943; Reykjavík, Kingdom of Iceland
	Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Career information
Playing career	1958–1984
Position	Center
Coaching career	1966–1989
Career history
As player:
1958–1960	ÍR
1961–1967	KR
1967–1969	Þór Akureyri
1969–1972	KR
1976–1981	KR
1981–1982	FH
1983–1984	Haukar
As coach:
1966–1967	KR
1967–1969	Þór Akureyri (Men's)
1968–1969	Þór Akureyri (Women's)
1973–1974	KR
1974–1976	Iceland (Men's)
1977	Iceland (Men's)
1979–1982	Iceland (Men's)
1979–1980	Fram (Men's)
1982–1986	Haukar (Men's)
1984–1987	Iceland (Men's)
1986–1988	ÍR (Men's)
1988–1989	Haukar (Men's)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: Icelandic Team of the 20th century; 6x Icelandic champion (1960, 1965–1967, 1978, 1979); 6× Icelandic Basketball Cup (1970–1972, 1974, 1977, 1979); Úrvalsdeild scoring champion (1969); As coach: Icelandic Coach of the 20th century; 2x Icelandic champion (Men's) (1967, 1974); 3× Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup (1977, 1985, 1986); 2x Icelandic champion (Women's) (1969, 1977); Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup (1977); 2x Men's Division I champion (1983, 1987);
Career Úrvalsdeild karla statistics
Points	2,914 (17.9 ppg)
Games	163

Einar Gunnar Bollason (born 6 November 1943) is an Icelandic former basketball player, coach and TV analyst. As a player, he won the Icelandic championship six times with KR. In 2001, he was named to the Icelandic basketball team of the 20th century and the coach of the 20th century by the Icelandic Basketball Association. In 2020, he received the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon from the president of Iceland.

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