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Krešimir Ćosić

1948 - 1995

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Krešimir "Krešo" Ćosić (Croatian pronunciation: [krěʃimir t͡ɕɔ̌ːsit͡ɕ]; 26 November 1948 – 25 May 1995) was a Croatian professional basketball player and coach. He was a collegiate All-American at Brigham Young University. He revolutionized basketball in Yugoslavia and was the first basketball player in the world to play all five positions. In 1996, Ćosić became only the third international player ever elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (the second male player). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Krešimir Ćosić is the 18th most popular basketball player (down from 17th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 70th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Krešimir Ćosić ranks 18 out of 1,757. Before him are Magic Johnson, Clyde Drexler, K. C. Jones, Vlade Divac, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin McHale. After him are Dražen Petrović, Dennis Rodman, Radivoj Korać, Mirza Delibašić, Jerry West, and Chris Mullin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Krešimir Ćosić ranks 109. Before him are Stevie Nicks, Alia Al-Hussein, John Gray, Nathalie Baye, Akira Yoshino, and Randy Schekman. After him are James Ellroy, Mischa Maisky, George Abela, Jimmy Cliff, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and Pedro López. Among people deceased in 1995, Krešimir Ćosić ranks 60. Before him are James Meade, Roger Zelazny, Mária Telkes, Rory Gallagher, John Vincent Atanasoff, and Ernest Gellner. After him are Carlos Monzón, Günter Guillaume, Rose Kennedy, Yves Congar, Masashi Watanabe, and Elizabeth Montgomery.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Krešimir Ćosić ranks 56 out of 700. Before him are Siniša Mihajlović (1969), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), Francis, Duke of Teck (1837), Ivo Josipović (1957), Ivan Gundulić (1589), and Luigi Dallapiccola (1904). After him are Ante Gotovina (1955), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Branko Zebec (1929), Josip Bozanić (1949), Dražen Petrović (1964), and Milka Planinc (1924).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Croatia

Among basketball players born in Croatia, Krešimir Ćosić ranks 1. After him are Dražen Petrović (1964), Toni Kukoč (1968), Petar Skansi (1943), Aleksandar Petrović (1959), Vinko Jelovac (1948), Dino Rađa (1967), Velimir Perasović (1965), Željko Jerkov (1953), Andro Knego (1956), Damir Šolman (1948), and Mihovil Nakić (1955).

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