Nationality Serbian 1951-1952 Gallaratese Died 2001, Belgrade, Serbia 1945-1951 Crvena zvezda Role Basketball Player | Coaching career 1945–1954 Name Nebojsa Popovic Playing career 1945-1955 Crvena zvezda (men\'s) Position Coach | |
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Born 8 February 1923
Irig, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ( 1923-02-08 ) Team coached KK Crvena zvezda (Head coach) Awards Award of Olympic Committee of Serbia - IOC Trophy | ||
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Nebojša Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Небојша Поповић; February 8, 1923 – October 20, 2001) was a Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator. He is the basketball legend of Red Star Belgrade. In 2007, he was enshrined as a contributor in the FIBA Hall of Fame.
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- Elbow injuries in handball by nebojsa popovic aspetar qatar
- Oni pobje uju neboj a popovi al jazeera balkans
- Early life
- Crvena zvezda
- Yugoslavia national team
- Administrator
- Journalism
- Career achievements and Awards
- In popular culture
- References
Oni pobje uju neboj a popovi al jazeera balkans
Early life
Popović lived with his family in Rijeka, where he played water polo as goalkeeper. He learned about basketball from the Yugoslav water polo and basketball pioneer Božo Grkinić.
Crvena zvezda
Popović was a co-founder of the Crvena Zvezda basketball club in 1945. He held number 1 membership card. He played for Crvena Zvezda from 1945 to 1951, he also coached men's team at Red Star from 1945 to 1955 and women's Red Star team from 1946 to 1952.
Popović played for the Italian team Gallaratese in 1951-1952.
Yugoslavia national team
As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Popović participated in 1950 World Championship and 1947 European Championship. He scored first point in history of World Championships as player of Yugoslavia.
He coached Yugoslavia national basketball team at the 1950 World Championship and 1953 European Championship.
Administrator
Popović served as the president of the Yugoslav Basketball Federation (1985–1987) and president of the Commission for International Competition of FIBA.
Journalism
Popović also worked as a journalist, contributing to La Gazzetta dello Sport for four decades.
He was the executive of Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT), the Yugoslav national TV channel. He covered four Summer Olympic Games with JRT.