Sreten Dragojlović ( sr-Cyrl, Сретен Драгојловић; May 6, 1938 – September 2, 1971) was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the

Yugoslavia national basketball team The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije, Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије; ; ) represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

internationally.

Playing career

Dragojlović started his basketball career with his hometown team Sloga. After that, he came to

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and spent most of his career in the

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

of the

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for which he played from 1957 to 1967. He was also brought there by the former Zvezda player

Srđan Kalember Srđan Kalember ( sr-cyr, Срђан Калембер; June 5, 1928 – February 2, 2016), also known in France by his nickname Serge ( sr-cyr, Серж), was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He won 9 Yugoslav First Basketball ...

. In 1960, he got five-month suspension after had got caught smuggling on the Poland tour. In the 1963 season, Dragojlović scored an excellent average of 28.2 points per game. He was the best club pointer that season while

Vladimir Cvetković Vladimir Cvetković ( sr-cyr, Владимир Цветковић; born 24 May 1941) is a Serbian former basketball player and sports administrator who is the honorary president of Crvena zvezda. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 13 seasons. W ...

scored 25.5 points, and Ratomir Vićentić 18.9. Still, he did not manage to win a trophy with Zvezda. During 10 years with the Crvena zvezda, he played 155 matches and scored 2,437 points. The last match he played on July 23, 1967, against Borac.

National team career

As a player for the

Dragojlović participated at the

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and at the EuroBasket 1961Dragojlović, Eurobasket 1961
FIBA Europe in

where he won a silver medal. Also, he won a gold medal at

1959 Mediterranean Games The 1959 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the III Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Beirut 1959, were the 3rd Mediterranean Games. After visiting Africa and Europe, the Mediterranean Games were for the first time held in Asia in ...

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. He played 49 games for the national team from 1959 to 1961.

Post-playing career

Dragojlović coached the Crvena zvezda women's team of the Yugoslav Women's Basketball League. He also worked at the

Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia The Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Košarkaški savez Jugoslavije, Кошаркашки савез Југославије; ; ) was a non-profit organization and the national sports governing body for basketball in Socialist Fe ...

Personal life

Dragojlović died in a traffic accident near

Gornji Milanovac Gornji Milanovac ( sr-Cyrl, Гoрњи Милановац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 23,109, while the population of the municipality is 38,985 (2022 census data). ...

on September 2, 1971, when he was rushing to visit his sick father.Na današnji dan: Rođen Sreten Dragojlović
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