Obrad Belošević ( sr-cyr, Обрад Белошевић; 28 April 1928 – 20 January 1986) was a Serbian basketball

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Refereeing career

Belošević refereed over 300 games of the Yugoslav League from 1951 to 1976. Other notable events he refereed in include the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

1970 FIBA World Championship The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from 10 to 24 May 1970. It was ...

1974 FIBA World Championship The 1974 FIBA World Championship was the 7th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974. The tournament was won by the Soviet Union. Venues Comp ...

, two European Champions Cup final games (

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

and

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

) and a FIBA Korać Cup final. He was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.FIBA Hall of Famers: Belosevic Profile
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Personal life

Belošević's son, Ilija (born 1972), is considered one of the best European basketball referees.Poreklo Ilije Beloševića, košarkaškog sudije
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References

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