Juan Antonio Corbalán

Juan Antonio Corbalán Alfocea (born August 3, 1954) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. The 6 ft. 1⁄2 in. (1.84 m) tall. Corbalán was one of the best European point guards of the 1970s and 1980s. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "Von Karajan", like the Italian player Aldo Ossola before him, due to being a point guard with a great ability to direct the offensive rhythm and game tempo for his teams. At the club level, Corbalan won four FIBA Intercontinental Cup championships, and three EuroLeague championships. He was named by FIBA Europe, to the FIBA European Selection Team, a record total of seven times. Corbalan was named the Spanish Sportsman of the Year in 1983.

At the national team level, Corbalan represented his native country in three Summer Olympic Games. He competed with Spain's senior national team at the 1972 Munich Summer Games, the 1980 Moscow Summer Games, and the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games. He was also voted the EuroBasket MVP of the 1983 FIBA EuroBasket.

Corbalan was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was given the Spanish Royal Order of Sports Merit award in 1994. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. He was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball in 2018. He was inducted into the Spanish Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.