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Radivoj Korać

1938 - 1969

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Radivoj Korać (Serbian Cyrillic: Радивој Кораћ; 5 November 1938 – 2 June 1969) was a Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Korać is well-known for holding the EuroLeague's all-time single-game scoring record (since 1958), at 99 points scored, in a game versus Alviks, during the 1964–65 season, and for once making 100 out of 100 free throws on a live television show in Belgium. Korać died in a car crash in 1969, at the age of 30, and FIBA Europe later established the European-wide third-tier level FIBA Radivoj Korać Cup, in his remembrance, in 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Radivoj Korać is the 21st most popular basketball player (down from 16th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 90th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Serbian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Radivoj Korać ranks 21 out of 1,757. Before him are Vlade Divac, Kobe Bryant, Kevin McHale, Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Petrović, and Dennis Rodman. After him are Mirza Delibašić, Jerry West, Chris Mullin, Larry Bird, LeBron James, and Arvydas Sabonis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Radivoj Korać ranks 116. Before him are Nino Benvenuti, Phil Knight, Ian Stewart, Milan Galić, Goh Kun, and Jack Jones. After him are John du Pont, John Kufuor, Jesús María Pereda, Enrico Macias, Josef Koudelka, and Jerry West. Among people deceased in 1969, Radivoj Korać ranks 55. Before him are Li Zongren, Walter Christaller, Erika Mann, Ernest Ansermet, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Artur da Costa e Silva. After him are Dragiša Cvetković, Eberhard von Mackensen, Korney Chukovsky, Wilhelm Backhaus, Raymond A. Spruance, and Markian Popov.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Radivoj Korać ranks 84 out of 661. Before him are Mirjana Marković (1942), Vuk Drašković (1946), Milunka Savić (1890), Gojko Mitić (1940), Petar Stambolić (1912), and Živojin Mišić (1855). After him are Dragiša Cvetković (1893), Stefan Branković (1417), Paul Abraham (1892), Ivo Pogorelić (1958), Miloš Milutinović (1933), and Šaban Šaulić (1951).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Serbia

Among basketball players born in Serbia, Radivoj Korać ranks 2. Before him are Vlade Divac (1968). After him are Nikola Jokić (1995), Svetislav Pešić (1949), Dragan Kićanović (1953), Aleksandar Đorđević (1967), Dejan Bodiroga (1973), Zoran Slavnić (1949), Dragan Šakota (1952), Saša Obradović (1969), Miloš Teodosić (1987), and Željko Rebrača (1972).

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