Esko Karhunen
Esko Ensio ”Sir Emal” Karhunen was a Finnish basketball player and contributor.
The Karhunen played his whole SM-sarja career for Pantterit and its predecessors winning a record-high total of 13 Finnish championships. He also capped eight times for 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 practise tournament which was played between 1971–2000 and brought Harlem Globetrotters to Finland.
Karhunen was inducted to Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. Karhunen died peacefully on March 8, 2016 in Helsinki at 88 years of age.
