Basketball-Brazilian great Marques dies at 87

FILE PHOTO: Former Brazilian basketball player Wlamir Marques holds up a slip of paper which reads, "Australia" during the 2012 Olympic Basketball Men's Tournament draw, at the Brazilian Olympic Committee headquarters in Rio de Janeiro April 30, 2012. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes/File Photo

(Reuters) - Wlamir Marques, regarded as one of the best Brazilian basketball players of all time, has died at the age of 87, his former club Corinthians said on Tuesday.

Marques was part of Brazil's World Cup-winning teams in 1959 and 1963, also winning two Olympic bronze medals with them in 1960 and 1964.