Dražen Dalipagić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dražen Dalipagić

basketball player

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1951

Place of Birth: Mostar, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Dražen "Praja" Dalipagic (born 27 November 1951) is a Serbian retired professional basketball player and head coach.
He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugoslavian history.
He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.
Dalipagic was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2004, and into the FIBA Hall of Fame, also as a player, in 2007.
In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. During his professional playing career, he scored at least 50 points in a game 15 times.
His single-game career scoring high was 70 points scored, achieved during an Italian League game, between Venezia and Virtus Bologna, on 25 January, 1987.
He was nicknamed "The Sky Jumper".