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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/team-usa-slayer-schmidt-gets-ordem-de-rio-branco/">Team USA slayer Schmidt gets Ordem de Rio Branco</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted May 5, 2008 at 10:17 AM by Os Davis</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Few Brazilian basketballers receive the country’s “Ordem de Rio Branco” honor, a medal bestowed upon those citizens of Brazil who “distinguish themselves as national heroes”; but then, there is only one Oscar Schmidt. “Mão Santa” Schmidt was celebrated in Brazil for decades as the hero of its national team, a player that passed on a chance in the NBA in order to stay with Team Brazil in those days of amateurs-only at the Games. Once 1989 rolled around and the rules changed, Schmidt went on the play pro ball in Spain. By the time Schmidt retired from the game, his stats looked something like this: Schmidt played in five Olympics and was the top scorer in three ...&nbsp; In the…<a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/team-usa-slayer-schmidt-gets-ordem-de-rio-branco/">(<a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/team-usa-slayer-schmidt-gets-ordem-de-rio-branco/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/team-usa-slayer-schmidt-gets-ordem-de-rio-branco/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/team-usa-slayer-schmidt-gets-ordem-de-rio-branco/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/culture-history/">Culture/History</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/olympic-history/">Olympic-History</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/events/">Events</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/basketball/">Basketball</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/featured-writers/">Featured-Writers</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/os-davis/">Os-Davis</a><br /><br /> </P>