What is Álvaro Teherán?
'''Álvaro Teherán''' (January 6, 1966 – May 4, 2020) was a Colombian [[basketball]] player. He was born in the town of [[María La Baja]], Colombia.<ref>[http://www.redmas.com.co/deportes/murio-alvaro-teheran-leyenda-del-baloncesto-colombiano/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507161405/http://www.redmas.com.co/deportes/murio-alvaro-teheran-leyenda-del-baloncesto-colombiano/ |date=2020-05-07 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> He was selected as the 44th overall pick in the 1991 [[NBA Draft]] by the [[Philadelphia 76ers]]. Teherán played [[college basketball]] at [[Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball|Houston Baptist]] from 1987 to 1989 and [[Houston Cougars men's basketball|Houston]] from 1989 to 1991. In December 2019, Teherán was hospitalized for [[renal failure]] in [[Cartagena, Colombia]]. He died on May 4, 2020 at the age of 54.<ref>[https://deportes.canalrcn.com/mas-deportes/fallecio-alvaro-teheran-leyenda-del-baloncesto-colombiano-120805 Falleció Álvaro Teherán, leyenda del baloncesto colombiano] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505170707/https://deportes.canalrcn.com/mas-deportes/fallecio-alvaro-teheran-leyenda-del-baloncesto-colombiano-120805 |date=2020-05-05 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Teheran, Alvaro}} [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from renal failure]] [[Category:Basketball players]] [[Category:Colombian sportspeople]] {{sports-bio-stub}}