1981 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1981 throughout the world.
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Basketball competitions taking place in 1981
Winners of major team competitions 1980–1981
    
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
    
- Class of 1981:[1]
 
Deaths
    
- January 1 — Matt Vaniel, American professional player (born 1919)
 - January 5 — Joe Dolhon, American professional player (born 1927)
 - January 9 — Tommy Byrnes, American professional player (born 1923)
 - January 10 — Chink Crossin, American professional player (born 1923)
 - January 22 — Russ Wilkins, American professional player (born 1923)
 - January 31 — Dick Edwards, American college coach (born 1930)
 - February 7 — Connie Kunzmann, American professional player (born 1956)
 - February 26 — Bud Lindberg, American professional player (born 1909)
 - April 3 — Willis Young, American professional player (born 1911)
 - June 7 — Ian Watson, Australian Olympic player (born 1949)
 - June 20 — Rock Norman, American college coach (born 1892)
 - June 23 — Lou Spicer, American professional player (born 1922)
 - July 3 — Artūras Andrulis, Lithuanian national team player (born 1922)
 - July 25 — Bobby Anet, college All-American and national champion (Oregon) (born 1917)
 - August 6 — Jack Harvey, college All-American and AAU player (born 1918)
 - September 4 — Carl Knowles, American Olympic gold medalist (1936) (born 1910)
 - September 10 — John Lance, American college coach (born 1897)
 - September 16 — John Azary, American college and professional player (born 1929)
 - November 8 — George Nostrand, American professional player (born 1924)
 
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