Dražen Dalipagić

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Dražen Dalipagić
Carrera Venezia
1981–1982Partizan
1982–1983Real Madrid
1983–1985A.P.U. Udine
1985–1988Reyer Venezia
1988–1989Glaxo Verona
1990–1991Crvena zvezda
As coach:
1992–1996Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia
1998–1999MZT Skopje
2000–2001Astra Banka
Career highlights and awards
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
FIBA Hall of Fame as player
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Team
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1978 Philippines Team
Silver medal – second place 1974 Puerto Rico Team
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Colombia Team
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Spain Team
FIBA Eurobasket
Gold medal – first place 1973 Spain Team
Gold medal – first place 1975 Yugoslavia Team
Gold medal – first place 1977 Belgium Team
Silver medal – second place 1981 Czechoslovakia Team
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Italy Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1975 Algiers Team

Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (

50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
.

During his professional playing career, he scored at least 50 points in a game 15 times.

Virtus Bologna, on 25 January 1987. He was nicknamed "The Sky Jumper".[5]

Professional career

Dalipagić started playing basketball at the age of 19, and one year later he signed his first professional contract with

the best athlete of Yugoslavia in 1978. In the 1975–76 season, he led Partizan to the Yugoslav League title, and also to the European-wide 3rd-tier level FIBA Korać Cup title, in the 1977–78 season. He was also a member of Partizan, at the time when they won the 1978–79 season Korać Cup title, but he was serving in the Yugoslav army at the time.[6]

In the 1980–81 season, he went abroad for the first time in his career. During that season, he played with

Primera División, during the 1982–83 season, in which he only played with the club in FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) games. He also played with Reyer Venezia, and Glaxo Verona of the Italian League. He finished his professional career after the 1990–91 season, in which he played with Partizan's arch-rivals, Crvena zvezda
.

As a Partizan Belgrade player, he scored 8,278 points, in 305 games played, for a scoring average of 27.1 points per game. While playing in Italy, he scored 7,993 points in 241 games played, for a scoring average of 33.2 points per game. He led the Italian League in scoring average, in the 1987–88 season, with an average of 37.7 points per game.

National team career

Italy, at the 1980 Olympics
.

Dalipagić debuted for senior the

which was the most points scored by any player in the history of the Yugoslav national team
.

He won the gold medal at the

FIBA World Cup (Silver, 1974 FIBA World Championship; Gold, 1978 FIBA World Championship; Bronze, 1982 FIBA World Championship, and 1986 FIBA World Championship) is tied for the all-time international basketball record. A three-time Olympian
, Dalipagić was instrumental in the Yugoslavian team's capturing of the gold, at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Dalipagić finished high school at the Technical School in Mostar, and graduated from the Teachers College in Belgrade. He is married to Sonja Požeg, former Yugoslav tennis player. They have two children, Sanja and Davorin.

See also

References

  1. ^ Dražen Dalipagić 6-6 235.
  2. ^ Height: 6-6 Weight: 235 lbs.
  3. ^ "Dalipagić poručio Novoselu: Ja sam građanin Srbije!". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  4. ^ "Drazen Dalipagic". Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  5. ^ Drazen Dalipagic, the sky jumper.
  6. ^ Korać Cup 1978–79.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dražen Dalipagić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.

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