Nebojša Popović
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 February 1923 Irig, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Died | 20 October 2001 (aged 78) Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Yugoslav |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1945–1952 |
| Number | 8 |
| Coaching career | 1945–1955 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1945–1951 | Crvena zvezda |
| 1951–1952 | Gallaratese |
| As coach: | |
| 1945–1955 | Crvena zvezda (men's) |
| 1946–1952 | Crvena zvezda (women's) |
| 1950–1953 | Yugoslavia |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career Yugoslav League statistics | |
| Points | 518 (8.9 ppg) |
| FIBA Hall of Fame as coach | |
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Nebojša Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Небојша Поповић; February 8, 1923 – October 20, 2001) was a Yugoslav basketball player, coach and administrator. He is the basketball legend of Red Star Belgrade. In 2007, he was enshrined as a contributor in the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Popović lived with his family in Rijeka, where he played water polo as goalkeeper. He learned about basketball from the Yugoslav water polo and basketball pioneer Božo Grkinić.
Popović was a co-founder of the Crvena Zvezda basketball club in 1945. He held number 1 membership card. 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.
Popović played for the Italian team Gallaratese in 1951-1952.
As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Popović participated in 1950 World Championship and 1947 European Championship. He scored first point in history of World Championships as player of Yugoslavia.
He coached Yugoslavia national basketball team at the 1950 World Championship and 1953 European Championship.
Popović served as the president of the Yugoslav Basketball Federation (1985–1987) and president of the Commission for International Competition of FIBA.
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