Nebojša Popović
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| Born | 8 February 1923 Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||
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Points | 518 (8.9 ppg) | |||||||||||||||||
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Nebojša Popović (
FIBA Hall of Fame.[1]
Early life
Popović lived with his family in Rijeka, where he played water polo as a goalkeeper. He learned about basketball from the Yugoslav water polo and a basketball pioneer Božo Grkinić.
Basketball career
Crvena zvezda
Popović was a co-founder of the
Crvena Zvezda basketball club in 1945. He held number 1 membership card.[1]
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.[1] In July 1950, he was a member of the Zvezda squad that won an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy.[2]
Popović played for the Italian team Gallaratese in 1951–1952.[1]
Yugoslavia national team
As a player for the
World Championships as player of Yugoslavia.[1]
He coached
1953 European Championship
.
Administrator
Popović served as the president of the
FIBA
.
Journalism
Popović also worked as a journalist, contributing to La Gazzetta dello Sport for four decades.[1]
He was the executive of Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT), the Yugoslav national TV channel. He covered four Summer Olympic Games with JRT.[1]
Career achievements and awards
- 1955) as coach/player until 1951 and as coach only, until 1955.
- Yugoslav Women's League champion: 7 (with Crvena zvezda: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952)
- FIBA Order of Merit (1997), awarded by the FIBA
- Prize “Sports & Universality”, awarded by the International Olympic Committee
In popular culture
- In 2015 Serbian sports drama We Will Be the World Champions Popović is portrayed by Strahinja Blažić and his wife Maja Bedeković is portrayed by Iva Babić.[4]
Coaching record
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| W | Wins | L | Losses | D | Draws | W% | Winning percentage | ||||||
Yugoslav First Men's Basketball League
| Season | Team | Games | W | D | L | W % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Crvena zvezda | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .857 | Champions |
| 1947 | Crvena zvezda | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | Champions |
| 1948 | Crvena zvezda | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .800 | Champions |
| 1949 | Crvena zvezda | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | .944 | Champions |
| 1950 | Crvena zvezda | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | .889 | Champions |
| 1951 | Crvena zvezda | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .818 | Champions |
| 1952 | Crvena zvezda | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | Champions |
| 1953 | Crvena zvezda | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | Champions |
| 1954 | Crvena zvezda | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | .727 | Champions |
| 1955 | Crvena zvezda | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .778 | Champions |
| Career | 124 | 104 | 4 | 16 | .839 | ||
Yugoslav Women's Basketball League
| Season | Team | Games | W | D | L | W % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Crvena zvezda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | Champions |
| 1947 | Crvena zvezda | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | Champions |
| 1948 | Crvena zvezda | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | Champions |
| 1949 | Crvena zvezda | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | Champions |
| 1950 | Crvena zvezda | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | Champions |
| 1951 | Crvena zvezda | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | Champions |
| 1952 | Crvena zvezda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | Champions |
| Career | 34 | 33 | 1 | 0 | .971 | ||
National team
| Tournament | Team | Games | W | L | W % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 World Championship | Yugoslavia
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5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 10th place |
| 1953 EuroBasket | Yugoslavia
|
11 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 6th place |
| Career | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | ||
See also
- List of Red Star Belgrade basketball coaches
- Borislav Stanković
- Radomir Šaper
- Aleksandar Nikolić
References
- ^ a b c d e f g FIBA Hall of Fame page on Popović
- ^ "Daba: Kad je Zvezda osvajala Milano…". kosmagazin.com. September 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Nebojsa Popovic's profile | 1947 European Championship for Men | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM". Archived from the original on 2016-11-21.
- ^ Full Cast & Crew of We Will Be the World Champions
External links
- Na današnji dan: Rođen Nebojša Popović, mojacrvenazvezda.net
- Nebojša Popović - Zvezdin broj 1 za sva vremena
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