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Born |
Leskovac, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
7 December 1937|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 May 1970 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
(aged 32)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Yugoslav | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1959–1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1959–1967 | OKK Beograd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1967–1968 | Libertas Livorno (Fargas) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968–1969 | Reyer Venezia (Noalex) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trajko Rajković (7 December 1937 – 27 May 1970) was a Yugoslavian basketball player. He was born in Leskovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
During the time of Rajković’s performance on the national team, Yugoslavia won two European silvers (1965 and 1969) and one bronze (1963), one Olympic silver (1968) in Mexico City, and one World Championship gold (1970 – Ljubljana, Slovenia). He played 113 games for the national team.
Rajković died on Wednesday, 27 May 1970, just three days after winning the first World Championship gold medal for Yugoslavia on Sunday, 24 May. He was survived by his wife Biljana and son Vladimir.