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Radivoj Korać was born on 5 November, 1938 in Sombor, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is a Serbian professional basketball player. Discover Radivoj Korać's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 30 years old?
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30 years old |
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Scorpio |
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5 November, 1938 |
| Birthday |
5 November |
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Sombor, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Date of death |
2 June, 1969 |
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Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
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Serbia
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Radivoj Korać Height, Weight & Measurements
At 30 years old, Radivoj Korać height not available right now. We will update Radivoj Korać's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Radivoj Korać Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Radivoj Korać worth at the age of 30 years old? Radivoj Korać’s income source is mostly from being a successful professional. He is from Serbia. We have estimated Radivoj Korać's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Radivoj Korać (Радивој Кораћ; 5 November 1938 – 2 June 1969) was a Serbian and 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.
He averaged 54.8 points per game that season, which is the highest single-season scoring average in the EuroLeague's history, since 1958.
Korać's career scoring average in the EuroLeague was 43.6 points per game.
Korać entered into the senior Yugoslavian national basketball team in 1958, and went on to win five silver medals, and one bronze medal with them, in a total of 157 international games.
He was the EuroBasket's Top Scorer 4 times (1959, 1961, 1963, 1965), and was named the MVP of EuroBasket 1961.
Popularly nicknamed, Žućko ('Ginger'), he became one of the best, if not the best, player of the Yugoslav First Federal League in the 1960s.
In 1960, Korać was named The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia, and Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year.
He was the best scorer of the Yugoslav First Federal League for seven seasons, which was a record.
He scored a total of 5,185 points, in 169 games played in the Yugoslav League, for a career scoring average of 30.7 points per game.
He was the Top Scorer of the 1960 Summer Olympic Games, and he won the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games.
With Yugoslavia's senior men's national team, he scored 3,153 points in 157 games played, for a scoring average of 20.1 points per game.
He was the leading scorer in the 1960 games.
Away from the basketball court, Korać enjoyed theatre, music, and reading books.
He was a senior undergraduate, from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (ETF), at the University of Belgrade.
Surprisingly, he once turned down a contract offer to play with Red Star Belgrade.
In 1962, in a Yugoslav First Federal League game against Mladost Zagreb, Korać scored 74 points.
With OKK Beograd, he won four Yugoslav League titles.
Korać also played in multiple FIBA European Champions' Cup (EuroLeague) competitions with OKK Beograd.
He also won the silver medal at both the 1963 FIBA World Championship, and the 1967 FIBA World Championship.
Korać was named a part of the best European selection, in both 1964 and 1965.
In a two-game playoff series against Swedish League champions Alviks, during the 1964–65 season of the FIBA European Champions' Cup (EuroLeague), he scored 170 points.
He scored 71 points in the first game of the series, and 99 points in the second game of the series, for a series scoring average of 85 points per game.
He was also the best scorer in the Belgian League in 1968, while playing with Standard Liège, and the Italian League's best scorer in 1969, while playing with Padova.
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.
On Monday 2 June 1969, Korać died in a car crash, just outside of Sarajevo, on the road between Vogošća and Semizovac.
The Yugoslav Basketball Federation decided that no basketball games would be played in Yugoslavia, on 2 June again.
He is interred in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens in the Belgrade New Cemetery.
In 1971, FIBA Europe established the FIBA Radivoj Korać Cup.
Korać was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.
In 2002, the Basketball Federation of FR Yugoslavia named its top national domestic cup competition, the Radivoj Korać Cup, after him.
After the third-tier level European-wide Cup folded in the year 2002, the Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro renamed its national domestic cup competition to Radivoj Korać Cup, a name it still carries today in Serbia.
He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007, and was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors the following year.
Korać was born in Sombor, in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
He started playing for OKK Beograd, at the age of 16, and played as a left-handed forward-center.
