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Eurobasket 1973
The 1973 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1973, was the eighteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Venues Group stage Group A – Badalona Group B – Barcelona Knockout stage 5th to 8th place 9th to 12th place Final standings # # # # # # # # # # # # Awards Team rosters 1. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Nikola Plećaš, Željko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Damir Šolman, Rato Tvrdić, Milun Marović, Žarko Knežević, Dragi Ivković (Coach: Mirko Novosel) 2. Spain: Clifford Luyk, Wayne Brabender, Francisco "Nino" Buscato, Vicente Ramos, Rafael Rullan, Manuel Flores, Luis Miguel Santillana, Carmelo Cabrera, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Jose Luis Sagi-Vela, Miguel Angel Estrada, Enrique Margall (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel) 3. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Modestas Paulauskas, Anatoly Myshkin, Ivan Edeshko, Zurab Sakandelid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Brabender
Wayne Donald Brabender Cole (born October 16, 1945) is an American-born Spanish retired professional basketball player and coach. He acquired Spanish citizenship in 1968, relinquishing his U.S. citizenship to qualify for the Spanish national team. At a height of , he could play at either the shooting guard or small forward positions. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. On February 3, 2008, Brabender was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities to European professional club basketball, over the previous half-century, by the EuroLeague Basketball Experts Committee. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball. College career Born in Montevideo, Minnesota, Brabender played college basketball at Willmar Junior College (now Ridgewater College) and the University of Minnesota Morris after a high school career at Milan High School. Club playing career Brabender was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 14th round (145th o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dražen Dalipagić
Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (; 27 November 1951 – 25 January 2025) was a Serbian professional basketball player and head coach. He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugoslavian history. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. Dalipagić was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2004, and into the FIBA Hall of Fame, also as a player, in 2007. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. Playing for Partizan, Dalipagić won two Yugoslav league titles, a Yugoslav Cup, and two Korać Cups. He is the club's all-time leading scorer with 8,278 points. In 243 appearances with the Yugoslavia national team (second most) between 1973 and 1986, Dalipagić won 12 medals (second most) including gold medals at the Olympics (1980), World Cup (1978), and EuroBasket (1973, 1975, 1977). During his professional playing career, he scored at least ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Ramos Cecilio
Vicente Ramos Cecilio (born 18 March 1947) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. At a height of tall, and a weight of , he played at the point guard position. Club career Ramos was a FIBA European Selection, in 1970. Spain national team With the senior Spain men's national basketball team, Ramos played at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal at EuroBasket 1973. Awards and accomplishments *9× Spanish League Champion: (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977) *7× Spanish Cup Winner: (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977) *2× EuroLeague Champion: (1974, 1978) *3× FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: (1976, 1977, 1978) Personal Ramos is the uncle of tennis player Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spaniards, Spanish tennis coach and a former professional player. He was ranked world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Luyk
Clifford "Cliff" Luyk Diem (born June 28, 1941) is an American-born Spanish retired professional basketball player and coach, who played professionally in Spain and Europe from 1962 to 1978. He played college basketball for the University of Florida. He was drafted by the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), but never played a regular season game in the NBA. He signed with the Spanish professional team Real Madrid, helped Real Madrid become the dominant European basketball team of the 1960s, and is remembered for his trademark, old-school hook shot. Luyk was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991, and was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities to European club basketball over the previous half-century by the EuroLeague Basketball Experts Committee in 2008. Early years Luyk was born in Syracuse, New York, to a Dutch-born father and a Swiss-born mother. He attended Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School in Verona, New York, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirko Novosel
Mirko Novosel (30 June 1938 – 20 July 2023) was a Croatian professional basketball coach and player. Playing career Novosel played club basketball, from 1952 to 1966, with Lokomotiva Zagreb (later changed to KK Cibona Zagreb). Coaching career Novosel coached Cibona Zagreb to two Yugoslav League titles, seven Yugoslav Cups, and the two European Champions Cup titles in 1985 and 1986, when he was named the European Coach of the Year. National team coaching career As the head coach, Novosel led the senior men's Yugoslav national team to the gold medals at the 1973 FIBA European Championship and the 1975 FIBA European Championship, the silver medal at the 1974 FIBA World Championship, the silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics, and the bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Novosel was also the head coach of the senior men's Croatia national team, leading them to the bronze medal at the 1993 European Championship. He was enshrined into th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragi Ivković
Dragi Ivković ( sr-cyr, Драги Ивковић; born 6 March 1948), also credited as Dragan Ivković and known by his nickname Tvigi, is a Serbian retired professional basketball player. Playing career Ivković was a member of Radnički Belgrade teams that won the Yugoslav League in the 1972–73 season and the Yugoslav Cup in 1976. He played in the 1977 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup final. National team career Ivković was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that won the gold medal at the 1971 Mediterranean Games The 1971 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the VI Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Izmir 1971, were the 6th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in İzmir, Turkey, from 6 to 17 October 1971, where 1,362 athletes (1,235 men an ... in Turkey. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1973 FIBA European Championship in Spain. Over four tournament games, he averaged 6.7 points per game. References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Knežević
Žarko Knežević ( sr-cyr, Жарко Кнежевић; 17 July 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Montenegrin basketball player who played at the Center (basketball), center position. Knežević was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team, Yugoslav national team from 1971 to 1974. He played for Fenerbahçe Ülker, Fenerbahçe at the 1978–79 season. References External links Žarko Kneževićat okkbeograd.org.rs Žarko Knežević at pobjeda.me 1947 births 2020 deaths Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fenerbahçe men's basketball players KK Budućnost players OKK Beograd players Olympic basketball players for Yugoslavia Power forwards Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Germany Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Serbia Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Turkey Montenegrin men's basketball players Serbs of Montenegro Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany Serbian expatriate basketball people in Turkey Serbian men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milun Marović
Milun Marović ( sr-cyr, Милун Маровић; 15 September 1947 – 19 October 2009) was a Serbian geologist, university professor and basketball player. Career Marović spent entire playing career with Radnički Belgrade of the Yugoslav League. Marović was a member of Radnički teams that won the Yugoslav League in the 1972–73 season and the Yugoslav Cup in 1976. He played in the 1977 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup final. Marović was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the .... References External links * Profileat kosarka.bz {{DEFAULTSORT:Marovic, Milun 1947 births 2009 deaths Basketball players from Čačak Basketball players at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rato Tvrdić
Rato is a village in the Cornillon commune in the Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement, Ouest department of Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican .... See also * Cornillon, for a list of other settlements in the commune. References Populated places in Ouest (department) {{Haiti-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damir Šolman
Damir Šolman (7 September 1948 – 2 May 2023) was a Croatian professional basketball player. Professional career Šolman was a FIBA European Selection, in 1974. National team career Šolman competed with the senior Yugoslavian national basketball team in the 1968 Summer Olympics, the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics (where he was the team's captain). With the Yugoslav national team, he played in 226 caps Caps are flat headgear. Caps or CAPS may also refer to: Science and technology Computing * CESG Assisted Products Service, provided by the U.K. Government Communications Headquarters * Composite Application Platform Suite, by Java Caps, a Java ..., and scored 1,785 points. Death Šolman died in May 2023, at the age of 74. See also * Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League career stats leaders References 1948 births 2023 deaths Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Basketball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinko Jelovac
Vinko Jelovac (alternate spelling: Vinto Jelovac) (born 18 November 1948 in Pazin, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a former Slovenian-Croatian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of tall, and a weight of , he played at the center position. Jelovac was named Slovenian Sportsman of the Year, in 1973 and 1974. Jelovac, who is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Yugoslav First Federal League, was inducted into the Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame, in 2012. Club career During his club career, Jelovac was a long-time player of Olimpija Ljubljana. With Olimpija, he won the Yugoslav First Federal League championship in the 1969–70 season. He was also a member of the FIBA European Selection team, in 1973 and 1974. Jelovac scored the most points in the history of the Yugoslav First Federal League, with a total of 7,531 career points scored. National team career Yugoslav junior national team Jelovac was a member of Yugoslavia's junior national teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Jerkov
Željko Jerkov (born 6 November 1953, in Pula) is a former Croatian professional basketball player. At a height of tall, and a weight of , he played at the center position. Professional career Jerkov was a member of the FIBA European Selection, in 1976, 1978, and 1982. Yugoslav national team Jerkov competed with the senior Yugoslav national basketball team at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal, and at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal. Awards and accomplishments Clubs *2× Yugoslav Cup Winner: (1974, 1977) *2× FIBA Korać Cup Champion: (1976, 1977) *3× FIBA European Selection: (1976, 1978, 1982) * Yugoslav League Champion: (1977) *FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup, founded as ''FIBA European Cup Winners Cup'', was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against eac ... Champion: (1983) References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
