Retirement
In 1957 while playing for Villa del Parque, Furlong was forced to take an early retirement at the age of 30, after the new military government and Amador Barros Hurtado (President of the Argentine Basketball Confederation), determined the controversial decision that all members of the world championship team should be considered professional, as they had breached the ‘Amateurism Code’ of the IOC after receiving cars as gifts. On 8 January 1957, all the members of the World Championship team were banned for life from participation in basketball. Juan Perón had previously left the country to escape the coup d'état of his presidency.
Furlong would go on to play tennis, where he attained a seventh place in the national rankings. In 1966 he joined the committee of the Argentine Tennis Association (AAT), becoming vice-president and eventually coach of the Davis Cup team. In 1977 his last year as a coach, his team reached the semi-finals of the Davis Cup.
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