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Milorad Sokolović
Milorad Sokolović ( sr-cyr, Милорад Соколовић; 10 August 1922 – 26 June 1999), also known by his nickname Soko ( sr-cyr, Соко; in English ''Falcon''), was a Serbian basketball player, coach and sports journalist. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Basketball career Playing career Sokolović played for Belgrade-based teams Metalac and Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav First League. He won six National Championships with the Zvezda. In July 1950, he was a member of the Zvezda squad that won an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy. Sokolović was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team at the 1950 FIBA World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Over four tournament games, he averaged 0.5 points per game. The World Championship in Argentina was the inaugural tournament. Coaching career Sokolović coached the women's team of Crvena zvezda in the Yugoslav Women's Basketball League during 1950s. He ...
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Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. The population of the Belgrade metropolitan area is 1,685,563 according to the 2022 census. It is one of the Balkans#Urbanization, major cities of Southeast Europe and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, third-most populous city on the river Danube. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and ...
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ...
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1999 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ...
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1922 Births
Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera resigns. * January 11 – The first successful insulin treatment of diabetes is made, by Frederick Banting in Toronto. * January 15 – Michael Collins (Irish leader), Michael Collins becomes Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State. * January 26 – Italian forces occupy Misrata, Italian Libya, Libya; the Pacification of Libya, reconquest of Libya begins. February * February 6 ** Pope Pius XI (Achille Ratti) succeeds Pope Benedict XV, to become the 259th pope. ** The Washington Naval Treaty, Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty is signed between the United States, United Kingdom, Empire of Japan, Japan, French Third Republic, France and Kingdom of Italy, Italy. Japan returns some ...
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We Will Be The World Champions
''We Will Be the World Champions'' () is a 2015 Serbian Sports film, sports drama film directed by Darko Bajić. It was one of six films shortlisted by Serbia to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but lost out to ''Enclave (film), Enclave''. The film is based on the true story of the Yugoslavia national basketball team who won the 1970 FIBA World Championship. Plot The film tells the story of the four men who founded the Yugoslavia national basketball team, Yugoslav basketball school and who significantly contributed to the development of basketball in Europe - Nebojša Popović, Borislav Stanković, Radomir Šaper and Aleksandar Nikolić. The main event is the final match of the 1970 FIBA World Championship, held in Ljubljana between the national teams of Yugoslavia national basketball team, Yugoslavia and the United States men's national basketball team, United States. Cast ;The Four Pioneers * Strahinja Blaži� ...
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1953 Yugoslav Women's Basketball League
The 1953 Yugoslav Women's Basketball League is the 9th season of the Yugoslav Women's Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Yugoslavia for women's. Championships is played in 1953 and played four teams. Champion for this season is Crvena zvezda. Table External links History of league {{DEFAULTSORT:Yugoslav Yugoslav Women's Basketball League seasons Women 1953 in women's basketball basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
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Yugoslav First Basketball League 1952
The 1952 Yugoslav First Basketball League season is the 8th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia. Teams Regular season East West Play off Preliminary round (2) Partizan- (3) Zadar 45–37, 51–32 (2) AŠK Ljubljana - (3) Proleter Zrenjanin ?,? Final group stage Winning Roster The winning roster of Crvena Zvezda: * Borislav Ćurčić * Ladislav Demšar * Aleksandar Gec * Srđan Kalember * Dragan Godžić * Milan Bjegojević * Branko Nešić * Đorđe Andrijašević * Borko Jovanović Coach: Nebojša Popović External links Yugoslav First Basketball League Archive {{Basketball in Yugoslavia 1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ... ...
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Yugoslav First Basketball League 1951
The 1951 Yugoslav First Basketball League season is the 7th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia. Teams Regular season League table Winning Roster The winning roster of Crvena zvezda: * Milorad Sokolović * Ðorđe Andrijašević * Borislav Ćurčić * Srđan Kalember * Milan Bjegojević * Aleksandar Gec * Borko Jovanović * Nebojša Popović * Dragan Godžić * Ladislav Demšar * Strahinja Alagić * Dimitrije Krstić * Tullio Rochlitzer Coach: Nebojša Popović External links Yugoslav First Basketball League Archive {{Basketball in Yugoslavia 1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ... ...
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Yugoslav First Basketball League 1950
The 1950 Yugoslav First Basketball League season is the 6th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia. Teams Regular season League table Winning Roster The winning roster of Crvena Zvezda: * Nebojša Popović * Milan Bjegojević * Ladislav Demšar * Strahinja Alagić * Aleksandar Gec * Milorad Sokolović * Srđan Kalember * Borislav Ćurčić * Dimitrije Krstić * Tullio Rochlitzer * Borko Jovanović * Đorđe Andrijašević * Stevan Aleksić Coach: Nebojša Popović External links Yugoslav First Basketball League Archive {{Basketball in Yugoslavia 1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ... ...
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Yugoslav First Basketball League 1949
The 1949 Yugoslav First Basketball League season is the 5th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia. It was the first time the competition was held as a traditional league with every team playing every other team twice, home and away. In previous years, the competition had been held as a tournament in a single location. Teams Regular season League table Winning Roster The winning roster of Crvena zvezda: * Nebojša Popović * Tullio Rochlitzer * Vasilije Stojković * Ladislav Demšar * Aleksandar Gec * Milorad Sokolović * Srđan Kalember * Borko Jovanović * Mića Marinković * Strahinja Alagić * Aleksandar Nikolić * Milan Bjegojević * Vlada Gaćinović Coach: Nebojša Popović External links Yugoslav First Basketball League Archive {{Basketball in Yugoslavia 1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Ind ...
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Yugoslav First Basketball League 1948
The 1948 Yugoslav First Basketball League season is the 4th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia. The competition was held as a six-team tournament held in Belgrade. Teams Regular season League table Winning Roster The winning roster of Crvena Zvezda: * Nebojša Popović * Aleksandar Gec * Milorad Sokolović * Srđan Kalember * Milan Bjegojević * Vasilije Stojković * Dragan Godžić * Ladislav Demšar * Strahinja Alagić * Borislav Stanković * Aleksandar Nikolić * Milan Blagojević * Hristofer Dimitrijević * Rade Jovanović * Đorđe Lazić Coach: Nebojša Popović External links Yugoslav First Basketball League Archive {{Basketball in Yugoslavia 1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey ...
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Yugoslav First Basketball League 1947
The 1947 Yugoslav First Basketball League season is the 3rd season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia. The competition was held as a six-team tournament held in Zagreb. Teams Regular season League table Winning Roster The winning roster of Crvena Zvezda: * Strahinja Alagić * Milan Bjegojević * Vasilije Stojković * Nebojša Popović * Aleksandar Gec * Milorad Sokolović * Borislav Stanković * Milan Blagojević * Dragan Godžić * Aleksandar Nikolić * Rade Jovanović * Srđan Kalember * Đorđe Lazić * Hristofer Dimitrijević Coach: Nebojša Popović Nebojša Popović ( sr-cyr, Небојша Поповић; 8 February 1923 – 20 October 2001) was a Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. He is the basketbal ... External links Yugoslav First Basketball League Archive {{Basketball in ...
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