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Modestas Paulauskas

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Modestas Paulauskas (19 March 1945) is a former Lithuanian professional basketball coach and basketball player. As a player, he was the youngest EuroBasket MVP in history, being only 20 years old at the time he won the award. He is known for having been one of the best Lithuanian basketball players of all time, and for having excellent dribbling ability. He was selected as the Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year, a record seven times, in 1965–1967, and 1969–1972. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Modestas Paulauskas is the 72nd most popular basketball player (up from 86th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 108th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Lithuanian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Modestas Paulauskas ranks 72 out of 1,757. Before him are Metta World Peace, Ivo Daneu, Aleksandar Đorđević, Manute Bol, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and Dejan Bodiroga. After him are Red Auerbach, Pete Maravich, Rick Barry, Petar Skansi, Jānis Krūmiņš, and Hot Rod Hundley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Modestas Paulauskas ranks 310. Before him are Edoardo Reja, Sandro de América, Paul Kennedy, Andrew Birkin, Katja Ebstein, and Kim Larsen. After him are Bruno Nuytten, Ken Walsh, Pat Jennings, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, José Luis Perales, and Adrienne Barbeau.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Modestas Paulauskas ranks 102 out of 328. Before him are Raphael Kalinowski (1835), Silvestras Žukauskas (1860), Zydrunas Ilgauskas (1975), Francišak Bahuševič (1840), Artūras Paulauskas (1953), and Maximilian Steinberg (1883). After him are Petr Shelokhonov (1929), Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (1963), Vlado Perlemuter (1904), Morta (1210), Rimas Kurtinaitis (1960), and Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas (1880).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Lithuania

Among basketball players born in Lithuania, Modestas Paulauskas ranks 5. Before him are Arvydas Sabonis (1964), Uljana Semjonova (1952), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (1976), and Zydrunas Ilgauskas (1975). After him are Rimas Kurtinaitis (1960), Jonas Kazlauskas (1954), Valdemaras Chomičius (1959), Šarūnas Marčiulionis (1964), Stepas Butautas (1925), Sergejus Jovaiša (1954), and Ramūnas Šiškauskas (1978).

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