Mou Zuoyun (Chinese: 牟作雲; Wade–Giles: Mou Tso-yün; 18 December 1913 – 16 March 2007) was a Chinese basketball player, coach, and pioneer, known as the "godfather of Chinese basketball".[1] He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics as a member of China's first Olympic basketball team, and coached the Chinese men's team at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He served as president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and was named Lifetime Honorary President of the Asian Basketball Association. In 2005, the CBA named the championship trophy of China's professional basketball league the Mou Zuoyun Cup. In 2019, he posthumously became the first Chinese inductee to the FIBA Hall of Fame.
- ^ Larmer, Brook (2005). Operation Yao Ming: The Chinese Sports Empire, American Big Business, and the Making of an NBA Super star. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-101-21661-3.