When it comes to Chinese basketball, many people have the image of Yao Ming in their minds. It is true that with his outstanding height and excellent basketball skills, this Asian villain not only made the Chinese men's basketball team realize the dream of dominating Asia, but also led Chinese basketball to go abroad and enter the world basketball world.
But he is not the first person to realize these dreams, before him, China also produced a basketball superstar, he is the former Bayi team superstar Mu Tiezhu, he also has the reputation of "Asia's first center".
Like Yao Ming, Mu Tiezhu also has a huge height advantage, his height has reached a staggering 2.28 meters; he also has skillful basketball skills, once set a good record of 80 points on the spot.
Because of his great contribution to the Chinese men's basketball team, Mu Tiezhu enjoyed the treatment of a national deputy division after retirement. Such a basketball giant, will his children inherit his height?
<h1>Basketball pride from a poor background</h1>
Mu Tiezhu was born on June 1, 1949, when New China had not yet been founded! Mu Tiezhu's youth was spent in extreme poverty, and the new China at that time had endured war and chaos for a long time, and was in ruins to be rebuilt. Mu Tiezhu was so poor that he needed to beg for food to survive.
When Mu Tiezhu was seven or eight years old, there was a flood in Shandong, and the family's life was even more difficult to sustain, so they had to wander around with their families and come to Shanxi, living in the caves abandoned by others, and enduring the pain of hunger and frostbite. Shanxi is not easy to stay, so the whole family embarked on a wandering journey again, came to Xinjiang again, and finally settled here.
When he was a teenager, Mu Tiezhu had a mediocre physique, no different from ordinary people, but in adolescence, Mu Tiezhu suddenly became tall, and when he was 16 years old, his height had grown to 2 meters, and under the conditions of widespread hunger in Chinese at that time, this height was really outstanding.
Later, Mu Tiezhu laughed and ridiculed his height: "When I was young, I didn't know what medicine I took, and as a result, I grew so tall." ”
<h1>Bumpy basketball road</h1>
In 1968, the Shandong Provincial Sports Committee selected sports talents in Dongming County, and when passing through the market, he stumbled upon Mu Tiezhu in the crowd and saw this giant who was conspicuous in the crowd, selling chickens, and a chicken was in his hand, like a bird. The staff was overjoyed, thought he was a good seedling, and recommended him to the Shandong Provincial Sports Committee.
Having a body does not mean that he can play basketball well, which is the case with Mu Tiezhu in his early years, after all, he was already good at surviving when he was young, and he almost never saw basketball, let alone professional training.
After the Shandong Provincial Sports Committee inspected Mu Tiezhu, he found that he did not have the basic skills to play basketball at all, so he returned him to the Dongming County Sports Committee. At that time, the country wanted to vigorously develop sports, believing that Mu Tiezhu had such unique conditions, and it was a pity to waste it, so at the cost of 20 basketballs, it was replaced by Mu Tiezhu from the hands of the Dongming County Sports Committee.
Although he entered the national team, for a long time, no one paid enough attention to Mu Tiezhu, just put him in the track and field team to practice, this practice was half a year, until the emergence of Yu Bangji. At that time, Yu Bangji was the director of the sports committee in Huangshi City, Hubei Province.
Mu Tiezhu had no other place to ask for it, and Yu Bangji took Mu Tiezhu back to Huangshi as if he had obtained the most precious treasure. Under the personal coaching of Yu Bangji, Mu Tiezhu practiced basketball for a year and a half, completely underwent earth-shaking changes, and became an excellent basketball player. Later, Mu Tiezhu wore the No. 15 battle robe and joined the Bayi team.
<h1>The Big Mac under the basket</h1>
Mu Tiezhu's height eventually grew to 2.28 meters, and the FIBA set a uniform standard for the height of the basket at 3.05 meters, which means that as long as he reaches out, he can easily reach the blue basket. Such an advantage makes him a giant under the basket, scoring twenty or thirty points in every game.
In 1979, the U.S. Collegiate United team came to China to play a friendly basketball game under the name of the "U.S. National Team". In Beijing, Mu Tiezhu led the Bayi team to defeat this team twice, which greatly increased the confidence of Chinese, and the basketball world was sensational.
This also made Mu Tiezhu a celebrity, and his wife later described him: "He was really a 'big Mac' on the basketball court at that time, but the cattle." Everywhere Mu Tiezhu went, people were vying for his signature, so they had to line up hundreds of meters long, and every time they went out, Mu Tiezhu felt distressed.
Mu Tiezhu led the Bayi team to play invincibles throughout the country, and he also led the Chinese national team to create good results in the Asian basketball world.
In 1981, the Bayi team won the first Asian Club Championship for China, and since then, it has led the national team to achieve a series of good results such as the asian championship three consecutive championships, the third place in the international basketball championship, and the Asian champion of the world club championship.
The miracle created by Mu Tiezhu is a good result of 80 points in a single game, and in a contest with the Suzhou team, the giant-like Mu Tiezhu showed his bravery, rushing left and right on the court, and no one could defend. After entering the three-point line, no one can stop him, and his big hands hold the basketball and easily send the ball to the basket.
Tall, Mu Tiezhu does not look bulky, he has flexible steps, positive passing, and won the highest score of his basketball career of 80 points, this record, so far no one in China can break.
As an athlete, Mu Tiezhu is very strict about his physical training, and when he is still playing, Mu Tiezhu has to run 10,000 meters a day, which has not been interrupted for more than 20 years, and this habit has been maintained until he retired.
<h1>Retired coaching</h1>
Mu Tiezhu rode the stadium for many years until he retired at the age of 38. Among basketball players, this is already an absolute "veteran". After retiring, Mu Tiezhu did not leave the stadium, but continued to coach the Bayi team. Mu Tiezhu originally wanted to teach for a few more years, but his body had various problems, so he had to retire and return home to recuperate.
After Mu Tiezhu fell ill, the pain in his body caused him to lose his basic life skills and had to be taken care of by his wife. Later, Mu Tiezhu suffered from a heart attack, which eventually overwhelmed the center who had once been on the court. In 2008, Mu Tiezhu died of a heart attack.
His death shocked the world, and everyone recalled the glorious moment of Mu Tiezhu's rule over the stadium and admired his contribution to Chinese basketball. All sectors of Chinese society expressed regret and deep remembrance for Mu Tiezhu's death. Yao Ming said in an interview: "He is the first center of the Chinese men's basketball team, and I have a kind of admiration for him. ”
Yao Ming felt that he was not qualified to talk to Mu Tiezhu. As another Yao Ming who is known for his height and ball skills, he commented on Mu Tiezhu in this way, which shows Mu Tiezhu's influence and appeal in the Chinese basketball world.
<h1>The children did not inherit his basketball career</h1>
Mu Tiezhu's wife, named Wang Zhuanhong, is also a basketball enthusiast and is the main player of the basketball team of the unit where he works. In 1978, after Mu Tiezhu led the national team to win the men's basketball championship of the Asian Games for China, Wang Zhuanhong really admired Mu Tiezhu and wrote him an anonymous letter of condolence.
Later, the letter was selected by the leader and promoted from it, and the two began to communicate, and finally came together. When the two got married, they spent only 287 yuan in total, bought a small amount of furniture and simply held a wedding, and then became home. After the two got married, they have always loved each other as before, and they are a model couple in the eyes of everyone.
On the tenth anniversary of their marriage, Mu Tiezhu gave his beloved wife a gold necklace, which Wang Zhuanhong was reluctant to wear. After Mu Tiezhu fell ill, Wang Zhuanhong took on the responsibility of taking care of Mu Tiezhu and provided sufficient care for Mu Tiezhu's life after his illness, and for decades as a day, there was never a single complaint.
When Mu Tiezhu was still on the team, all the big and small affairs in the family were also taken care of by Wang Zhuanhong, so that Mu Tiezhu could concentrate on the game.
The two have a son and a daughter, the eldest daughter is called Mu Rong, and the son is called Mu Tong. Mu Tiezhu was tall and stood like a giant in the crowd, but his children did not inherit his height, after all, the height of 2.2 meters is not what everyone can have, their height is only the height of ordinary people, Mu Rong grew to 1.73 meters, Mu Tong grew to 1.8 meters.
Mu Tiezhu's son and daughter also did not like to engage in sports thinking, Mu Rong entered a bank after graduation, and Mu Tong was also admitted to college, majoring in foreign languages. Mu Tiezhu once commented on this: "They did not inherit my sports genes, and they usually play basketball for exercise, so it is better to learn more knowledge." ”
Mu Tong, who was born into a basketball family, also likes basketball, but he likes to watch basketball games. He loves to watch NBA games, and his favorite basketball star is not his father, but an NBA star.
In fact, Mu Tiezhu's family likes to watch NBA games, they all have their favorite stars, and Mu Tiezhu's favorite star is O'Neal. Perhaps it is the common physique and basketball style that mu tiezhu will like O'Neal.
Today, Mu Tiezhu has been dead for decades, but he occupies a very important position in the hearts of all the people who love basketball, and when it comes to the history of Chinese basketball, Mu Tiezhu will be mentioned, not only because of his achievements in basketball, but also because he laid the foundation for Chinese basketball to dominate Asia, so that future generations will remember this great achievement.
Mu Tiezhu was very miserable in his childhood, begging for food for a living, but when he was a teenager, he grew up and became a giant. After a short period of study, he became a good basketball player, which is quite legendary, which is one of the reasons why many people admire him.
Everyone likes Mu Tiezhu, and another important reason is his determination and perseverance to adhere to the basketball career.
Although he has excellent physical fitness and extremely high basketball talent, Mu Tiezhu has always been diligent in exercising, never relaxing his training, maintaining the good habit of running 10,000 meters a day for many years, and still not changing after his success, which represents his sportsmanship.
Mu Tiezhu (born June 1, 1949 in China) is a retired Chinese national professional basketball player who plays as a center.
He retired from the military in 1988 and officially retired from the Bayi Workers' Brigade in May 2000, where he recovered from illness and died of a heart attack on September 14, 2008. —— From the headline encyclopedia
Text/Li Qingyu